We all have prejudices of all types, all the time.

We are prejudiced against very sharp, or hot, or dangerous objects...flamethrowers, snarling/ slobbering dogs, ebola victims coughing nearby, etc., etc.

We automatically shun things that we believe will harm us. If those beliefs are well-founded, then they are rational, human responses and no value judgements can be assigned to them.

If those reactions are un-founded, or based on faulty learned biases, then they are not rational, and can be rightly judged as unenlightened, even hateful.

If we are told that certain parts of a large city are dangerous at night, and yet go there, unprotected, we are taking a risk. Race doesn't have to enter into the discussion at all, except that some political ideologues benefit from bringing it in anyway.

If blacks in inner cities commit more crimes, per capita, than whites in the suburbs, we can talk all day about the socio-economic reasons for such facts, but we can not deny them as facts, or impose undue disdain on anyone who merely admits/writes/discusses them.

We need to stop counting melanin, and start counting truth.