shakran

And who had a "dream" that people would be judged on their merit and NOT by the color of their skin. That means that excluding anyone based on their color - no matter what that color is - goes against Dr. King's dream. I frankly think Dr. King would be profoundly disappointed at the progress of race relations in this country. As long as we continue to consider discrimination in favor of minorities as acceptable while discrimination in favor of whites is not (i.e., we have black awards, but no white awards, etc) we will continue to view the world in terms of race rather than personal merit.

For my part, I don't care what color you are. It frankly doesn't matter to me when I evaluate you as a person. If you're an asshole, then you're an asshole, whether you're black, white, or green. All whites are not racist. All blacks are not victims. Any attempt to classify someone based on their race is abject stupidity. It's time to move into a colorblind view of the world, where the individual, not the race, is what matters in people's judgement of each other.

If we continue to highlight, give special treatment to, or exclude people from ANYTHING based solely on their race, that won't ever happen and we'll continue to have racial problems.

So, do we want to wallow around in our own stupidity, continuing to make the non-issue of a person's race an issue when judging them, or do we want to mature, move forward, and start seeing each other as human beings rather than as various irrelevant colors?