&gt; they are saying there is no excuse to treat Neil deGrasse Tyson as a shoplifter because of his race<p>If that&#x27;s really what he&#x27;s saying, then that&#x27;s even dumber. You can change how you think. You can help to change the thinking of the people you come in contact with. You can&#x27;t change anyone you&#x27;ve never met, particularly the people who treated Tyson as a shoplifter. I&#x27;d love it if racism were to just disappear too. But wanting it to happen doesn&#x27;t make it happen.