Beyond FEATURES: The Colorblind Society

"Beyond FEATURES" posts will highlight media stories on tolerance initiatives and/or a disturbing lack of tolerance in our world. I will continue to turn to sites like The Colorblind Society blog for overviews of recent media accounts on the latter. The insightful list of recommended reads alone warrants multiple trips to this comprehensive resource.

News reports of racist attacks continue to be published and broadcast and yes, some are violent and difficult to digest. But the reality remains that racism remains, 40 years after the Civil Rights Movement. This is an issue I discuss with book clubs here in Denver; some people have witnessed or suffered from prejudice and understand the need for broad discussions of these touchy issues; others want to believe racism is a thing of the past. It's not. Just take a look.