Racism has been to human relationships what cancer has been to human existence. It is a disease that eats away at the very fabric of humanity itself. Rather than ending in the death of a mortal being, it usually culminates in war. A war of Nations Against Nations, People against People. It is based in ignorance and insecurity and limits all humanity.
Racism is the stupidest thing in the world.
Don't let your kids be involved. Like tribalism, fundamentalism, homophobia and all the other shallow responses of one person to another, racism concentrates on WHAT you are, and ignores WHO you are. Hopefully, we may one day grow out of it, and some of the other ugly traditions and regressive myths our species continues to dabble in. It seeks to divide and to destroy. My parents attitudes seemed to be in many ways from another time including how they felt about people that had a different colored skin.