This is an excellant article from Naomi Klein(Interviewed this am on 'Democracy Now')discussing how America remains in total denial about racism and how it is still VERY much a part of American society today.
Unpleasant subject or not,Naomi's interbview and her article(below) really drives home some home-truths and outlines the misinformation and cowardly disguising of special agendas by the US Govt,the EU and Israel and how so many Americans who don't know how to read thoroughly,or concenrate on the facts(instead of sound-bites)are being LED DOWN the wrong path.
From the Toronto International Film Festival,to the Durban Conference on racism/apartheid to the present day 'tea party-protests' etc and the spooky underlying special-agendas and racism behnd the facade.
The sooner America wakes up to the fact that racism is alive and 'well' in America and that we CANNOT CONDONE it,either,in our foreign 'partners',the sooner America can regain its honor an integrity.
As the saying goes: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Disinformation and negligence of knowledge make for a very WEAK,and vulnerable America.
Bravo Naomi,for your honesty,humanity and FAIR journalism.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/sep/12/barack-obama-the-race-question-naomi-klein