@NEGEV79

That is a very well-written and thoughtful reply. I do need to put more thought into my "replies" here.

I have the luxury of living in a neighborhood whose residents look more like a Crayola box than a blank sheet of paper. Same as my office and many of the bars that I frequent. But I also know that I can take that for granted and it is not like that everywhere and not for everyone.

I do wish I had some constructive ideas. But when you are not attracted to a lot of what comes from the far left or pretty much anything coming from the right, it starts to get real weird in the middle. So I apologize for taking away from what was a good article with my short sighted ramblings about 'equality' over 'equity'.