Was thinking about how easily we accepted as natural German Chancellor Angela Merkel's reaction from being grabbed from behind by a white male.
While at the same time, the overwhelmingly white, American public imagination eagerly awaited the result of a possible grand jury indictment for Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney's reaction to the a similiar grabbing incident.
The situations aren't identical, of course. But they are illustrative as to how America's sub-conscious, when not overtly conscious, obsession with race makes any and every situation involving a black person potentially up for grabs for arbitrary interpretations that defy all logical comparison.
