Questions For Henry Louis Gates Jr. After the Beer Summit

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/magazine/14fob-q4-t.html

I like that after all or at least most of the headlines have faded, these two men did get together for more beer...

For me the moral of the story is that decent people can get caught up in extraordinary circumstances that may not bring out the best in us but that there is still time for redemption, reconciliation and more beer...

Although the issues this incident raised were and are still important, fundamentally we are all trying to get by day by day... A little understanding and compassion can carry us a long way...