I believe at some point in the development of healthy people there must come a time when we instinctively try to understand how others feel.

I think Maslow would agree.

I am a child of the next generation. I grew up after The Beatles broke up, when Nixon wasn't a viable candidate anymore and "negro" was a little too close for comfort to another word. As I enter my forties now, I realize my incredible fortune in having parents that read to me and encouraged me to think.

I cringe with shame at some of the stupid, naive things I said about race in my younger days because I had yet to attain level at which we feel empathy for others. It took a combination of having a handicapped child, marrying the world's best person, and teaching children of all races for 11 years to make me realize the error of my ways.

One more note:
There isn't anything in Roger's blog about politics that I can find, yet the "liberals and racism" charge seems to keep popping up.