It doesmud wrote:'
root,i don't know why I should apologize for something both you and I agree on wholeheardly'
Mud - I'm sorry you don't feel the need to apologize for posting something that has offended so many boardies. It doesn't matter who "gets" and who doesn't "get it." It matters that the majority of the people were offended.
I personally strive to not offend people and if I do, and I have been made aware of it, I would certainly feel it my duty to apologize. Hey - but that's me - you can do whatever you want.
I like the last line in the last paragraph in the article that Dread posted
"Interracial friendships, social bonds across the color line, are a key factor in putting the sins of America's past behind us. But it's not something that's accomplished by white people knowing lots of black people. It helps if white people know how to be better white people"