Reply #31: This is certainly a disheartening thought [View All]

[Rob Gregory Browne]

I, frankly, don't think any of us can escape racist thoughts now and again, but most of us -- I would hope -- are able to recognize this as a flaw that we have to battle against. Maybe because I'm in an interracial marriage and have bi-racial kids, I lean toward the belief that racism is something we can eventually get rid of in this country. The fact that Obama is doing so well, I think, indicates this is true. I don't really think of him as a black man, but a person -- and a very charismatic one at that. Just as I think of Hillary as a person, not a woman.

An interesting take on racism in this country can be seen in the Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes experiments done in the seventies. Google the subject for an interesting and somewhat disturbing read.