Thanks.  And that's all I'm trying to do is to start the debate.  Believe me, I have no expectation that the changes that I've proposed will happen even in my lifetime -- and I am sad about that, because it means that racism will continue to plague us for a long, long time.

But as long as we're asking these kinds of questions and considering the possibilities even as unrealistic as they currently may be, then we're making progress.  I don't demand that we immediately stop Black History Month and anyone who disagrees with me is immoral.  I just want to stop considering skin color in all of our affairs.

Eventually.  (Oh, did I forget to use that word before?  My bad.)

That's all we can really hope or ask for: progress, not perfection.

by EveningStarNM on 07/03/2009 08:38:05 PM EST

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