tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-6020439924659290682008-03-07T06:57:00.000-08:002008-03-07T06:57:00.000-08:002008-03-07T06:57:00.000-08:00Superb, important post.<BR/><BR/>I feel so sad for Anthony, his mom, and the hundreds of thousands of others that have similar tales.<BR/><BR/>And yes, you can't separate classicism and racism. Sadly, though, it's not just capitalism that has this problem (although I think it's more endemic to capitalism). Having lived in the Soviet Union, I saw classicism and racism at work there, too, and from what I hear it's an issue in China as well. The classes are just less visible to the non-citizen eye.<BR/><BR/>And our country can't hope to fix its many problems until people just drop this kind of idiocy and work together. It's sad when you think of all the achievements that have been produced that we can't see past skin color.Jen of A2eatwritehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362687820368214420noreply@blogger.com