*** Quoting Ryan Bagueros from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***
RB> that's how society has changed from the 60s - then, you could watch ra
RB> your tv spelled right out for you in the form of a cop beating protest
Think again.  Look closer.  If a cop beats on protesters, it is 'bad' but may 
not be race driven.
Ok, an example.  A cop has to shoot someone in line of duty. True lack of 
racism means the color of the persons involved, is not an issue so that only 
the rightness of the action is the issue.  Dont _assume_ because the cop may 
have been white, and the person shot may have been black, that racism is part 
of the shooting.  That vision of it perpetuates racism.
We arent past it totally, but we are really and truely worlds ahead on the 
issue over our parents and our kids really wont *care* in most cases about 
the color of a person.
I myself am at the point where when asked the color of a person I know, I 
have to stop and think most of the time.  Unless they have made an issue of 
it, I tend to be 'colorblind' and it's hard to remember unless I know them 
well enough to actually picture their face mentally. I remember ranks 
(military here) fairly well.
                                       xxcarol
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