I have been radically sensitized to racism.  Paranoid, in fact.  But every time we try to explain the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii by haole business men from America, Germany, and other European countries, we get trump-ed (forgive the pun) with the "race" argument.  And the illegal act by U.S. supported troops get shouted down as racist.  So, am I being overly sensitive to your remark, yes.  It was not so once upon a time in Hawaii.  I mean no disrespect to you, personally.