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I'd like to interject here and say that this is a great topic, and a great discussion. As a recent graduate from a university where I took many classes where we were purportedly allowed to discuss any topic in a free and safe environment, race was the one topic that was firmly taboo, and dogmatic at that. I find it ironic that this is the probably the most important topic of our times (globalization and the fusion of cultures from around the world) and we are shackled by the events of a previous world. I do, however, think the discussion of race is a privilege that can't be shared by all. Someone who has no contact with those outside their own immediate culture and cocoon may be hindered by a world of stereotypes and fallacies from the a world that was full of isolation and is increasingly becoming irrelevant.
This is part of why I think the discussion of race is such a tricky subject. Not everybody knows exactly where they stand as far as understanding their own familiarity with people from different backgrounds and racess in comparison with others from their own in-group, and until people start opening up and are willing to even talk about race (let alone walking through the gauntlet of up-to-date political correctness), little progress can be made.
I've been impressed with the discussion so far. I'm certainly not an expert on racial relations (more knowledgeable about human psychology in general and genetics), though I appreciate discourse on a "taboo" subject.
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