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<b>Buddah</b>,
I think everyone on this board knows that these were high school kids. And we all know high school kids can be both politically motivated and mischievous. However, their point was valid - to expose a racist contest. How can you argue that a contest open only to members of a certain race is not racist?

I think the reason you're seeing the kind of comments you're seeing on this board is because American Caucasians are fed up with being expected to feel guilty about events and practices that happened before they were born; and over which they had - and have - no control. Sometimes we feel “you doth protest too much.”

Yes - racism, to some extent - does still exist in this country - as a two-way street. But you're not being hacked to death with machetes, set on fire inside a stack of tires, or sold into slavery to mine diamonds just because you belong to the "wrong" tribe. In other countries - especially <i>African</i> countries, slavery and genocide are everyday occurrences.

Yes - it could be better here, but it could also be a lot worse. Racism is a result of divisive thought – and until the hyphen is lost, there will always be a division between Americans and African-Americans.
Come on in – the melting pot is fine.

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