Your argument seems to be that racism is perpetuated by any discussion of race. No. What I'm actually saying is that it's acerbic groupthink that engenders mor

Your argument seems to be that racism is perpetuated by any discussion of race. No. What I'm actually saying is that it's acerbic groupthink that engenders more acerbic groupthink. It's blame and acrimony that engenders more blame and acrimony. It's an eye for an eye making the whole world blind, as Ben Kingsley's character said in the movie. If it happens to be about race, then it's racism. so therefore we can only fight racism by consciously acknowledging and addressing it. We can only fight toxic group-think by acknowledging it. It's hard to acknowledge and easy to fall into. The danger that the struggle against racism would itself fall to such group think is something that both MLK and Gandhi were keenly aware of; a level of self awareness which is starkly lacking today. Ascribing guilt to people on the basis of their skin color, eye shape, nose shape, or any other indelible characteristics is obnoxious and wrong. It's bigotry. People should be judged on the content of their character, not on their characteristics.