HaroldF, do you acknowledge that there is lots of systematic and systemic racism in our society, for example in the way many police departments target black people? (There are other examples as well.) If one party recognizes that racism, and wants to do something about it, then YOU would apparently label that party racist. Sounds weird to me. But if you do NOT recognize that racism in our society, then of course, there's nothing to make an issue of, so a party that pretends there is no racism would be fine. OK, that's your choice.