I'd never heard of him, but sounds fascinating.
I'll check him out.

Race in America is a very sticky subject, specifically because it's very hard for people to get rid of the ideal idea in one's head about what America represents, rather than what it is. I think that's one of the reasons the relationship between the US and Israel, because both are countries based on the fact that they supposedly move towards something and in fact nobody can agree to where, except in very abstract ways (and in reality it causes violence, division and a cycle of hare that's very difficult to break).