on racism and denial

By now, I'm sure many have seen or heard about this sad excuse of an apology from Michael Richards.

I wasn't the least bit surprised when I heard about his "racist tirade." We all (should) know racism still exists. It's just not as overt as it was years past...although I would argue that the pendulum is swinging back the other way of late. The fact that Richards tries to write off his comments as "anger" and not racism is typical of the politically-correct society we live in today. We Americans know it's not PC to say we're racist. So when someone like Richards does something like this, he can say "I'm not racist. I was just angry." But the comments have to originate from somewhere. Racism is learned and is deeply deeply engrained in the American psyche. Denial will get us nowhere.