How NOT to Talk About Racial Issues in the U.S. 101

Hmmmm, interestingly enough not many of you had much to say last week about the current political season we are in the midst of here in our nation....
Well maybe you had some thoughts about it but didn't feel strongly enough about to write anything for posterity's sake...
i understand... i am quite tired of all the "noise" as well.... why add more to it right?

Except.... i have to say, that the more i hear said about the current state of "race relations" in our nation i find myself fluctuating between a couple extremes.

On the one hand depending on who you listen to, we are "so close" to being over race... and on the other hand things have never been worse because people have never been more oblivious to the disparities between people of varying ethnic and racial backgrounds.

It's weird, it's frustrating, it's disturbing, it's disappointing... it's making me crazy listening to a bunch of people who can't seem to agree on whether or not having a free trade policy is the right or best thing for our nation try to tackle something as delicate and deeply problematic from a historical sense as the issue of race.

There is one part of me that wishes everybody would get as honest as i think a couple of people who have had a few portions of their "sermons" played repeatedly on the radio, T.V. and the Internet. At least then perhaps we'd know where everybody really stood and could stop the silly posturing.

i know that may sound odd but the fact is, when we have a majority of people indicating they don't really have a problem with the issue of race, then have to live through the last couple of weeks, it seems we do have a problem and a pretty big one at that!
Let's just admit it, go from there and work it out.

Strange, the last thing anyone wants to be accused of is being prejudice or having "racist" thoughts or feelings... it's really weird how adverse we seem to admitting our human-ness in this aspect of life. Is it a thing good to dislike people simply based on ethnicity or racial background... obviously not. But a bigger problem, is to be shamed into NOT talking about your honest feelings because it just really shows how big a jerk you really are.
Hello!?! Welcome to the club.... we're all jerks!

Anyway, the talk about race over the last few weeks has been disappointing, not because we are having the talk but rather because it seems to be more about people making statements with little to no difference making discussion... at all. What do you think?