Here's a clue why we cannot have a discussion about race. That's right, a $4B class action lawsuit because somebody pointed out that asian people have slanted eyes. Holy. Shit. They do? Oh my fucking god, Miley is right.

Wait a minute, people from Africa look different than people from Europe and neither of them look like people from Central America. Holy. Fucking. Shit.

Isn't it funny that identical genetic material and concentrations of elements can be geographically isolated for such a long period of time that its common combinations can look completely different? Isn't it really weird that geography, climate and isolation can so greatly alter a species' most dominant identification tool? And when you compare all the differences exhibited by humans isn't it wonderful and weird at the same time? No?

Here's another clue. We're not going to get beyond race until one of two things happen:

1. We stop talking about race entirely. No more mentioning that this is the first blue person for such and such a position. No more text field entries for race or ethnicity on job applications, financial documents, marriage licenses, etc.
2. We give up this notion of coerced diversity where a mention of one race or religion leads to an immediate listing of every race and religion across the globe.

Until either of those happen, we'll be stuck in a society where things like a holiday wish for happiness are viewed as a religious attack.