This is the weekend that we celebrate the 1963 March on Washington, which is remembered for Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech. A lot has changed in 40 years, starting with the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Unfortunately, the changes have been slow and insufficient, since the United States is still a nation in which racism runs rampant. Racism--like sexism and all of the other bigotries of our culture--takes two forms: overt and subtle. And often, it is the very people who condemn overt bigotry who are themselves practicing subtle bigotry. To the victims, it is all the same.