I think eventually (if a microbe does't get us all or if we don't blow our selves up) the races will mix to the point where it will me a minor factor. There will always be racists or class-conscious people so it will never get to the point where we as a society will be able to say it makes no difference. I think a lot of our reluctance to intermingle with other races comes from conditions society has created. For example I was chatting with this one lady who said that brothers just don't have the economic potential that white guys have. Okay aside from the fact she obviously placed a lot of emphasis on material things she neglected to acknowledge that society had a lot to do with the fact that black males' earning potential is less than that of their white counterparts. In another post you hit on the fact that we are becoming a more classist society. So in the future you might see people looking at a couple funny if his stock portfolio isn't quite up to hers. But I guess we have that already. lol

From my experience, race is just as much an issue with blacks as it is with whites. You can't make a blanket statement that whites are to blame for 100% of the race issues because that takes responsibility off of each ignorant person and puts blame with a whole group when it's the individual person who creates the problem. People in general, no matter what their skin color perpetuate issues. It's not race specific.

Everybody is to blame not just one specific group of people. Greed is a muthafucka.

>>As long as we have europeans and white americans race >>will always be an issue.....because these two cultures exist >>on exploitation. Any culture where greed is your economic >>engine you will have exploitation.

WHY DO PEOPLE ALLOW THEMSELVES TO GET EXPLOITED, YOU YOURSELVES ARE TO BE BLAMED, WHY IS IT PEOPLE COSIDER AMERICANS TO SUPERIORS, OR FOR THAT MATTER ANY PERSON SUPERIOR TO OTHER, THE RELIGIOUS TEACHERS, LEADERS OF A COMMUNITY, ARE ELECTED BY US HUMAN, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPERIORS, BUT BECUSE WE LIKE THEM AND THEIR TOUGHTS. WE MUST BLAME OURSELVES, FIRST BEFORE ANY RACE OR COUNTRYMEN
JOE little.

Okay Did Africans have slavery sure but was the slavery the same? No they were very distinct differences. And its not about Domination...Its more about Colonization and Empirialism. Trying to make everyone adopt your philosophies and culture through force and along with those philosophies and culture comes white superiority.

Thats a reality look at what the Belgium did to Rwanda. Italians in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The British with India and Pakistan. US in Liberia it goes on and on AND TO TOP IT OFF IRAQ you would think history would teach us lessons but Greed is at the center of it all. Now I agree that people should be wise enough to see what is going on and not become victims and some people has actually defeated Empirialism ex Libya when they defeated the Italians. Afghanistan defeating the Russians.

US defeating the British self determination is every mans right.

the problem is not race... it is ideas and feelings of "difference"... race just happens to be the difference that is promoted to the extreme.
the difference in finances has been pointed out, but it is not as emotionally charged as race. as long as we continue to look for differences we can forget about equality between races becuz difference negates equality. apples and oranges can never be equal unless we simply see them as fruit. men and women, blacks and whites can never be equal unless we just look at each other as human. i realize i'm simplifying the issue, but it really is simple. america was founded upon racist values and until we ALL cease to apply these values to our thinking processes we are ALL guilty of perpetuating racism.
when U consider someone "different" U have a tendency to treat them different... this is where it begins. if i see U as myself i will treat U in the same manner i treat myself. i have experienced racism from whites, blacks, muslims, christians... America is an equally opportunity racist nation, and trust... it's not the only one.
when race no longer matters to us personally... it will cease to exist socially.
did i say this american society was racist? well guess what... we are that society!

besides... in America... the races have intermingled too much for anyone to think they don't have black or white blood flowing thru their veins... unless your some inbred hillbilly looking for a role in the next "Deliverance" movie.

discussion on race are cool, but living and luving everyone and everything... is mo' betta!