"The reasonable man adapts to the world around him. "The unreasonable man expects the world to adapt to him. Therefore, all progress is made by unreasonable men." -George Bernard Shaw The book Autobiography of an "Ex-Colored Man" by James Weldon Johnson is the tale of a black man who decides to 'pass' for white. It was released, anonymously, in 1912 then reissued in 1930, fully acknowledging the author's identity. The first edition had been assumed to be …showed first 75 words of 2112 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2112 total…and a blessing: the people who started all this mess are long gone. The people who are alive now are the ones who have to deal with it. We have two choices: repeat the idiot mistakes of the past, or straighten it out. My firm belief is that, clear-thinking Americans care a lot about the content of a person's character, and not a damn about their skin color. Don't ask me what percentage is clear-thinking.