"Having said that, it is also true that none of us are responsible for the actions of people who mostly died before we were born. We can only look to our own actions in the here and now, and strive to find a better way to build relationships in the future."

Good words, Don. I often teach exchange students in my senior English classes and one of the films I use is "Schindler's List". There has never been a backlash against German exchange students because to the Canadian students it's 'ancient history'. Heck, they often ask me what it was like to live without colour TV, electricity--and exactly how DID we keep the dinosaurs away from our caves. Your remark prompts me to ask then what does keep the spiral of discrimination going. Does this mean that discrimination is now institutionalized? Part of the social fabric and there's bugger all we can do about it? (Not confrontive here, just asking.)