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i'm 47 and 6th generation Mississippian so white on black racism is nothing new to me....

But while that has gone down markedly in my view during my lifetime, the rise of black resentment and contempt for whites (and others actually) has been a disappointment.

and I really don't see much fixing that........white guilt sure won't....no matter how good it makes those folks feel about themselves.

that said....I think evryone is racist a bit.....either out and out, or passive, or defensive (me), or paternalistic (that would be the mushy guilty white folk)

it's a damned mess......the issues that arose from Katrina were nothing new...it's just the scope and the 24 hour news channels went on and on and on.

if that was the first time folks saw black hostility to whites and it startled them then they must live pretty isolated.

as for all the white on black racist aspects...I blame Bush of course..lol

I had hoped this could open eyes and maybe fix some stuff that needs fixin but it's back to business as usual.

Well I really think what we saw was a culture riot. (I had originally labeled it a "race riot" and I had to change that because my translation of that being what was motivating the rioters and looters- was not coming thru the way I had intended. I admitted that it was a poor choice of words on my part)- But culture yes- because look around; We see the faces of our troops and our police and our rescue personal- we look at the faces of our friends and look at the faces of some of our great leaders- they are all colors-all levels of pigmentation.

People who are really racist are of one culture and - yes there are people who are not racist and they are of another culture.

I don't believe that everyone is a degree of racist. Not my friends anyway- and be careful to think that my friends are one color please. :]