My Best Friends Are...

Today brings me to a topic that many hate discussing. That topic would be racism. I don't consider myself racist, and I don't think that any of my friends are racists. I'm not sure, but I don't think they are. Perhaps I put on blinders, but I think I'm good at picking friends.
One statement that gives away racism, sexism, agism (is that a word) is when people say 'Some of my best friends are (fill in appropriate word here, black, Jewish, gay).' As soon as they say that phrase, they have already told the world that they are racists (I'll use the term broadly). I don't care how true it is, but if it is true, why do you have to broadcast it. I don't run around saying I have friends that are Black, Asian, women, men, dogs. It doesn't matter. My friends are my friends no matter what.
The worse thing about people that are racists is that they think they do a good job covering it up. For example, I was reading something about Oprah giving away cars to everyone on her show last week or the week before. One man wrote in saying that 'he couldn't believe what that heifer did.' Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but why would someone write that? Hmm...of course I had to look and see where this person lived. Oh, Louisiana. Well, I don't know that particular state to be a well-known, racist state, but it is the south. A simple thing like that causes me to think that he's racist. He should have just been happy to see Oprah giving something away, but he wasn't. Strange.
It's too bad there are still racists running around. America is filled with so many people of all different shapes, sizes, nationalities, that those people have some nerve to stereotype and lump everyone into one category. I guess I lumped all the racists together, but at least I don't broadcast that "some of my best friends are racists." Hmph..that made me laugh.