>My daughter's bestfriend is black and so are many of her and my close friends. Two people I respect most in the business world are black as well. One is a black woman. My neighbors for 10 years are black and we are close and help each other out often. However, the difference is that I don't think anyone I know would ever say "I know a few very fine "white" or caucasion people, of which one is a very good colleage" as we just did.

I did... http://www.lulu.com/content/28601 (under an literary pseudonym, though). Somewhere around the middle of the text.