I heart Leonard Pitts. He makes a lot of sense, and I do believe that it was easier for us to scream at Chang because he wasn't black.
It speaks to personal responsibility and making sure that our house is clean. How the h*** can we rail at others when our house isn't in order? The era of the larger society feeling guilty is over, done, especially since the prevailing media stereotype/image isn't the classy, dignified lunch-counter sit-in people. It's the thugs/hoodrats/chickenheads.