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We seem to be talking at cross purposes here. Am I correct in saying that you too believe that we should stop considering race as anythign more than folks looking different?

Not just looking different but acting different. And I think that the way people act is affected by genes. A man marries a women largely because of the way the woman looks and a woman marries a man because of the way the man acts. And that is what causes races.

Someone here said that black cats are no different than white cats. That may be so but people who breed cats will tell you that orange Tabbies have different personalities Persian cats but they are both more civilized than, for instance, wild Lynxes. I think races are different breeds of cats.

We should stop having interracial communication as just have interpersonal communication? If that's what you're saying, I agree. Stop the hyphenated american syndrome.

If you could get politicians and judges and lawyers to stop talking about our hyphens that would be just grand. Our government is prohibited by law from treating races different. The law is being broken. People, however, should be free to do as they please in their associations (and that includes business associations, hiring, firing and contracting).

Not just looking different but acting different. And I think that the way people act is affected by genes.

Ah, the old nature versus nurture thing. Well, I believe in the nurture philosophy. Nature does play a role but nurture does determine what the person does and becomes.

People, however, should be free to do as they please in their associations (and that includes business associations, hiring, firing and contracting).

Correct, but that freedom does not include the freedom to fire someone or not hire someone just because of their appearances. Most of the laws you're complaining about are because in the 50s and 60s most white folks would not hire a black even though they may have been the better ones for the job. So, that shattered the myth of opportunity for all, a true meritocracy. Now, things are better. People can better themselves if they work hard and have the intelligence. Are those laws still useful? Debatable. In most parts of the country people are coloblind, but there are people who are not. THat's why we have the Nation of I and the KKK -- two sides of the same coin.