[cyborg]

Birds of a different feather are of different species. Humans are all the same otherwise we would not be able to have children together. Lame. You just think that because maybe that's all you know. Or could it be because of forced separation? I do not see this problem in Latin/South America/Caribbean? Funny how in this country, people have this belief.

[ricpic]

Wow, do you have a romanticized view of Latin America! From Mexico in the north to Chile in the south there isn't one Latin American country that is not highly stratified according to race. The ruling class in every one of them is overwhelmingly white with a smattering of white/indian mixtures (mestizos). The blacks are at the bottom. Total racism.
Saying that birds of a feather flock together, on the other hand, is not racism. It is an acknowledgment that those who are similar (which includes race) are by and large more comfortable with each other than with those who are dis-similar.
To accept that does not mean that you treat anyone uncivilly or that you assume that anyone is either inferior or superior to you based on race. You can believe that people are more comfortable with "their own kind" based on experience and STILL understand that the most important way to judge another individual is on his individual merit or lack of merit.
Believe me, in Latin America, group labeling is much more pervasive than it is here. Be born black in a place like Brazil, and unless you have some extraordinary sports skill or possess great beauty, you are doomed to the lower orders of society. No value given to individuality there!