If the US is entering a period of real understanding and acceptance of "color differences", then why are so many of us so uptight about the real probability of a non-white majority that some believe is inevitable and will be here a lot sooner than we think?
What are we afraid of? If we've treated people of color with the respect they deserve, then what do we have to fear from them when the time comes for them to take charge of things?
Who are the people who spend the most time and energy trying to warn us about the troubles we'll see when this change comes? Are they the ones talking about social justice and equal economic opportunity? Or are they the ones who want us to build fences, and tell us we should round up all the brown people and deport them?
The way we treat people now is how we can expect to be treated in turn.
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