Yeah, I'm saying that I don't think the concept of race itself is the issue. Most people, especially racist people, don't think about it that deeply.

"Your skin is a different colour to mine so you are different to me."

That's as far as most people seem to go. They don't need to call it race to have the fear that comes with difference. In fact, long before we talked about "races" this kind of discrimination still existed.

Children get a lot of things right. I wish we could retain more of that wisdom as we grow. It helps that they generally live in a world without competition or stress or concerns about how they're going to provide for themselves.