Letters: Our new friend is a racist -- should we dump him? - Salon

The thing I've never understood about racism is why white people spend so much time thinking about my skin color? I get up, brush my teeth, workout, shower, dress and leave for work. It's only when I step out the door that I become conscious of my skin color. It's like having a whole society of nettling imps (think Magic the Gathering card game) constantly jumping up and down in your face screeching "You're Black, you're Black, you're Black!" It's not like I can turn it off like the television or radio. I wish White people spent as much time thinking about my skin color as I do about theirs, which is not at all unless something is said or done to draw my attention to it. Imps.