We were, we are and we will always be a racist country with less bigotry in our future. [View all]

[MyUncle]

I am a racist.

I am a minority. I believe that races, nationalities, religions and many more factors shape who you are. You have many things in common with the group you are in and many differences with the groups of people you are not in.

I am not a bigot.

I do not distrust, dislike, hate, avoid or discriminate against people who are different than me. I do have a prejudiced dislike of just about any religion that has "Fundamentalist" included in the description.

I wish the word "racist" was not associated with hate. I want a word to that acknowledges our differences, because they are real. "Bigot" works for those who hate based on race. I want a word for those who respect diversity, but believe diverse groups are literally that - diverse and different.

I'm hopeful. I think the outrage of any incident of racial injustice getting the attention that we are seeing is positive and will lead to less atrocities.

If you think things are worse now than they used to be in this country, you could not be more wrong. Things are getting better and they will continue to do so as long as we keep on being outraged, keep on protesting, keep on bringing to shame and justice those bigots who hate, hurt and kill.

I'm very proud of our President's words, he condemned the violence, supported the outrage and outlined a path to improvement, who could ask for more?