Well, that depends where I am on any given day, Carol. ;-) Some places are safer than others.

My point was not intended to be aimed against you. It was merely a philosophical dissertation on the extreme overuse and irresponsible misuse of the words "racist" and "racism" in contemporary dialogue. It gets hurled at people capriciously and maliciously, often with no real justification...and it has been used many times as a weapon to destroy the careers of people who in fact were NOT any more racist than were their accusers...maybe less so. It has been used to blackmail people.

Kind of like the word "anti-semitism". Same deal. Think about it.

Remember how they "played the race card" in the O.J. Simpson trial? Did that do anything to further the cause of social justice? Not in my opion, it didn't.