Dr. KBJ,
Just writing to share an experience that confirms my suspicions about the "race" card.
Yesterday I was called racist for the first time in my life. I work Loss Prevention for a local retailer and I stopped a 15-year-old Hispanic male who stole a couple of necklaces from the store. I tell every minor who comes through to do whatever they need to do to make money to pay the civil fine, "mow lawns, babysit—whatever you do to acquire money," is my standard spiel. The offender's adult brother responded, "that's racist."
"Excuse, me?" I asked.
"That's racist," he repeated. "You told him to mow lawns because he's Mexican."
Dr. KBJ, I don't have a racist bone in my body. I make the same suggestion to everyone, regardless of ethnicity. But it's those people, who are trained to be overly sensitive and politically correct, who will guarantee race and religious inequality will forever be an issue—whether real or imagined.
Mark
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 