This thread was inspired by Bob Olhsson's comments on the "N" word thread elsewhere on this forum. http://soulfuldetroit.com/showthread...=3016#post3016

A lot of what people think about race starts when we are very young. Many of us hold on to what we were taught without really thinking too deep about why, or if what we are taught was wrong. Some of us formed our opinions following a traumatizing experience. Some of us change our views after some life-altering experience. How about you? What age did you notice or experience racism, and if you changed your views, how, and why? What is your background?

Without the platitudes and moralizing, how did you get to where you are today on this issue? Well, it's not really an issue, because race is something that is part of our world and every day life.