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According to Wikipedia "by 1968 all forms of segregation had declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court". That's great, now everyone can go to the same schools, stores, drinking fountains and restaurants to name a few. The "coloreds" and the "whites" are finally united as one big happy family and the color of your skin doesn't determine who you will become and what you can do with your life.

Prior to those times the United States Constitution openly declared "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."

So, as equals, why does the US Census Bureau divide us? What purpose does this have? Thanks to who my ancestors decided to hook up with I'm lumped into the White Non-Hispanic category, also know sometimes as Caucasian Non-Hispanic. Why aren't we listed as just US Citizens? If it's purely ascetics, why don't they track my hair and eye color? Maybe they learned from Hitler that that was going too far.

I have no answers here, just something that's been rolling around in my head. The color of your skin, or eyes, or even who your parents were don't decide who you are and what you're capable of or where you get to eat. I know racism still exists on both sides but I think as long as we still have sides, it will forever exist.

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm far from racist, I'm not even white, I'm kind of pinkish and after being in the sun for a few hours I'm more lobster than human. But I don't think that has any relevance to who I am or where I live. Don't try to classify who we are in small buckets because without each of us the world would be a useless place.

So, the bottom line, we get rid of the "sides" and just have people. What a concept, a world filled with people. In another 10,000 years we'll be so blended that world governments will have to create new stereotypes to fit us in anyways so until then respect people for who they are not what they are.