Haruo,
Holder isn't being quite honest. He isn't talking about race in general. He isn't talking about Asians or Arabs. He's talking about sub-Saharan Africans and non-Latino Caucasians. He made his remarks to a room full of blacks celebrating "Black History Month." He said, "On Saturdays and Sundays America in the year 2009 does not, in some ways, differ significantly from the country that existed some fifty years ago. This is truly sad. Given all that we as a nation went through during the civil rights struggle it is hard for me to accept that the result of those efforts was to create an America that is more prosperous, more positively race conscious and yet is voluntarily socially segregated." The old adage "Birds of a feather flock together" goes back, in English, to the 16th century. There's plenty of truth in it. The fact that there's no "white history month" or "white caucus" in congress or "white Chambers of Commerce" nor will there ever be, convinces me that a colorblind society is a long way off.

I've been married to an Asian for 38 years. I'm not afraid of talking about race to my wife, provided I leave her relatives out of the conversation. I'm quite comfortable among Asians.

To suggest I should strike up a conversation about race with a black or a black should initiate a conversation with a white person isn't an idea that will ever go anywhere. Either the two parties would stutter and stammer around the subject or it would end up in a slanging match.