Whenever there's a racial incident involving an African American in an overwhelmingly white suburb, it's another embarrassing reminder that the ugly history of separation between the races in America can erupt into the open at any time. It's a reminder to whites, that is. African Americans don't have to be reminded. They are aware of that possibility every day of their lives. No African American, no matter how high he or she may rise, is ever safe from being subjected to racial fears - or far worse - from whites for simply being "in the wrong place at the wrong...