It saddens me when some claim that any mention of race is racist, when in fact racism is a deep strain in American politics. It is hidden nowadays by all sorts of deflections and rationalizations, not the least of which is the most racist of all -- that there is no racism in Amerika.
There is no human being who does not notice differences among the appearances of each human being. To claim that one either does not notice the differences or that when noticed there is absolutely no difference in how one thinks at the instant of noticing is either hopelessly deluded or dishonest.
