As Racist As We Are Sexist

It's not often that I feel the need to correct myself - but I've been saying something, a little pompously, about this election that is, perhaps, slightly erroneous. I've been quoting Bill Maher to the tune of, as a nation 'we are more sexist than racist.'

But, I just finished reading an article in the New Yorker about a trial on Long Island that really set me back and caused me to remember that there are areas of this country that are still segregated, bigoted and closed-minded; and they aren't all in the south.

If you have a chance check out:
The Color of Blood
Racial tensions and a killing in the suburbs.

In the March 3rd Issue.