Your article is written from the heart. It is well thought out and quite plaintive. There is only one issue I have and that is the word "racism." It has now been proven 100% without a doubt that all humans on this planet are of one race. We are all 99.9% genetically the same. We ARE of different skin colors. Skin color does not define race. If we are all of the same race, how can we be racist? If I am white (which I am ) and you are black and I don't like you because you are black, that is bigotry based on skin color. If I am a white boss and do not hire a black person because of their skin color, that is discrimination. It is also ignorance, stupidity and intolerance. Using the word racist perpetuates the myth we are of different races BECAUSE of our skin color. It is just not so!