Charles: I'd like to focus on your very last statement.  I agree with you that there's real hope for the future with young people the age of our grandchildren.  Prejudice and hatred are learned values, just as are empathy and compassion.  It's a long, slow and, for many, painful road.....but, I think we're heading in the right direction.

Certainly as we've seen in the hatred expressed toward President Obama and the hatred and nastiness expressed by Trump, we're a long way from perfection...But, young Americans, as seen with the "Bernie" movement, are the hope for the future.  my regards, Gary Crum