We’ve heard the phrase “You can’t legislate morality.” Isn’t racism, really at its heart, a problem of morality?

This is certainly quite true and you see this quite clearly in the pain that the racial divide has caused for many, many years and continues to be a point of friction and gives rise to great emotions on the part of all races in having to confront this very difficult issue and has caused many deep sensitivities on the subject. To treat others of a different race as being lesser in some regards plants the seeds of destruction for a healthy working relationship, a give and take, a meeting of equals who could develop close ties and support one another and work together in common cause to improve things across the board for all members of society. Anything that keeps people apart and gives rise to fear or suspicion or a bias against another group will hurt feelings and will usually create a backlash. This is what has gotten racial animosity going and represents such a dangerous liability now that people are so sensitive to any kind of perceived racial slight that it can become a focal point and exploited to generate social unrest, widespread rioting, and violence with a simple thoughtless act not intended to cause harm but simply through unawareness and appearing neglectful. This is the consequence of having this issue created and cultivated carefully to instill many inner beliefs of bias and prejudice based on racial makeup and profiling. This primes everyone to be a racial adversary and to take sides in an ongoing contest based on perceived attributes and worthiness as associated in the mind with a racial heritage. These are largely faulty notions to begin with and may fit a particular narrow set of circumstances with a few individuals, but then is extrapolated for purposes of the exercise to tar everyone with a broad brush in assuming inferiority based on racial origin, for example, and this will create deep wounds and inevitably give rise to a backlash. There is nothing better for getting a war going than perceived discrimination and unfair judgment, particularly based on a physical attribute beyond a person’s control altogether, like the pigmentation in their skin, and this is why racism is such a poison—it cannot be countered because one does not choose their race nor can they disavow it and join another group as is true for political leanings. This automatically guarantees the stakes will be high when there is racial discord and most people will have strong opinions on any subject relating to race. This creates perfect conditions for a calamity that might start with a misunderstanding that escalates to a physical altercation or worse, and racial tension can create a cause célèbre where an incident of some kind is blown out of proportion many times, and ideas spread that there is a need for carrying out a reprisal to seek "justice" when what is really meant is "the seeking of vengeance," and this is when things truly get out of hand and lives are lost. It is a tragedy from first to last, but that is the purpose for which it is engineered to happen. It is a tool of the interlopers to cause discord, disarray, disenchantment with the world as it is and to blame members of another race for perceived unjust circumstances or treatment.