(1963); see also Campbell v. Amax Coal Co., 610 F.2d 701, 702 (10th Cir.1979) (“[Section] 1983 ... does not apply to federal officers acting under color of federal law.”) The record in .this case does not reflect any allegation by Mr. Belhomme that his superiors at Kirtland Air Force Base were acting under color of state law. Finally, Mr. Belhomme’s claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 also fails because of preemption from Title VII — a federal employee may not assert a claim for racial discrimination in his employment relationship except through the mechanism provided in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16. See Brown, 425 U.S. at 823, 835, 96 S.Ct. at 1963, 1969 (affirming dismissal of section 1981 claim because of failure to meet Title VII requirements); Trotter v. Todd, 719 F.2d 346, 350 (10th Cir.1983) (<HOLDING>). But see Meade v. Merchants Fast Motorline,
holding with little discussion that section 1981 applies to private racial discrimination holding unequivocally that  1981 protects against racial discrimination in private employment holding that title vii proscribe racial discrimination in private employment against whites on the same terms as racial discrimination against nonwhites holding that title vii precludes a claim under section 1981 for racial discrimination against a federal employee holding that title vii proscribes racial discrimination against whites upon the same standards as racial discrimination against nonwhites