westslope, i respect your position. your kids will probably be ok because you have not been dumped on from the day of your conception like most black people, in the world. you were born white, in a white christian bubble that is directly responsible for the racism in this country today, and most of the bigotry. jesus supposedly said my two primary commandments are love me and love your neighbor as you love me and yourself (depending on which of the 4000 or so interpretations you believe. if you do that and you see your neighbor being denied a job because of their skin color, or being stopped by police for the same reason, and no other reason, would you intervene? of course you wouldn't. if you could be magically transformed into a mexican illegal immigrant, married to a white woman, with kids, standing outside home depot every day hoping a white guy comes by with a few hours work, and hope he doesn't stiff you on your pay, your attitude, and compassion, might be different.