[thecavemaster]

Exactly the past.
Noone is saying ignore it or act like it didn't happen. Definetly learn from it. Its 2008, not 1968 anymore. Things have drastically changed, and unless we can look more towards the future things will stay the same.

It makes me sick to think of all the people who lived their entire lives as slaves and never experienced anything more than a whip to the back and a hard life. I don't ask anyone to say glory for that generous man, I never freed a slave nor were any black people today ever slaves. I say that we learned from our mistake and our misdeeds. Lets move on as Americans and put the 19th and 20th centuries behind us and move on into the 21st century.

If we had a mile race, and a group of runners got a head start, then the other runners had to also run with ankle weights on... If you are suggesting that race is a minimal factor circa 2008 in America, I would suggest that you are not paying close attention.