Race relations

Use of racism as a political tool:  The charge of racism is often levied by the left against anyone on the right who dares challenge anything on the left's agenda...............  Charges of racism (playing the "race card") are one of the most pernicious charges of all - as racism is one of the worst things that can be levied against someone.   NOTE:  That makes these charges quite effective at stifling the views of opponents.

Time to "get over it":  Now I'm going to say something that is very controversial - Blacks need to "get over it":  I agree, that what went on in the south (slavery) prior to 1865 is about as horrific a scenario as one can imagine, and even the racism exhibited by many whites toward blacks for many years thereafter was also totally unacceptable.  But remember, it was white northerners who sacrifed their lifes/treasure to free blacks.  Sure, the latter day white sourtherners were villians, but weren't the latter day white northerners heroes? 

Black on white racism:  I believe that these days, white on black racism is far less prevalent than black on white racism.  Put more simply, blacks more commonly exhibit racism towards whites than vice versa.  While it's true that past travesties are hard to forget, it's really time that blacks "get over it".   The people that enslaved your ancestors are long gone, and their grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc, have no interest in any sort of continuing/ongoing animosity, the vast majority of them would simply like to move on.   For blacks, harboring resentment, even hatred, eats at one's self, is counterproductive to the soul, and is also preventing us from becoming the color blind society that we need to be to truly move forward.

Color blind:  About 13 years ago, was talking to a friend in D. C., and was talking up Colin Powell for President.  She said that she'd had similar conversatons with some of her black friends, and they said that "he ain't no black guy - he's an oreo".  My response was - that when you see/listen to Colin Powell, you don't even think about him being a black guy - just a guy - specifically, a highly competent American hero.  As far as for not noticing (or not thinking about him as being black) - isn't that what we really want - that people won't even notice a person's skin color - just see a person, not a black person (or not a brown person, or not a yellow person)?

Affirmative action:  We have a black person at the highest pinnacle in the United States - isn't it time we discontinue this affirmative action?  Isn't giving something to someone who doesn't truly deserve such, a disservice to that person - and really an insult? 

Recommendation:  Seems to me is that what we really need to do, has to do with the education of our children.  We need to ensure that educational opportunaties are equal - starting at the elementary schoo level and then moving forward.  We have to make sure the schools that our children attend adequately prepare them for any/all future possiblities.  This is what we should be concentrating on.