[dd74]

The truth is all of us are racists. As enlightened as we want to be, we simply cannot get beyond our tribal and/or protective instincts of our own.

Sure, you may be appalled by the thought of putting on a white hood and robe and participating in a lynching. But if your daughter brought home a gang banger/hip hop/rapper type that had as many rings, hooks, and barbs in his face as Denis Rodman, and a (perceived) bad attitude at that, racism might very well kick in. And who is to say one's at fault if it does?

Protection of loved ones vs. racial enlightenment? I don't know, that's a very hard call, IMO.