Okay, so what color is the solar system sized chip on your shoulder? Sure, there are a lot of people in the world who still have issues with race, you being one of them. As someone who is not a physicist, I wouldn’t know if Neil deGrasse Tyson was green, and why should I care? If he is a good physicist, that is all that matters. If he has flaws, even if it is one person’s opinion, then he is human, and that is okay.

Being black doesn’t mean that we have to be 200% better. Being black (or any other color, for that matter)means that you have to treat others the way that you want to be treated. Being black means that you have to allow yourself to spend less time searching for perceived slights against you and more time appreciating how far we have come. Ask yourself, if Neil was white or Asian or Mexican, would I have been this offended by an article on WIRED? If you are being honest, I suspect that you will have to answer “no”.

As a nation, and in fact a planet, we cannot stop the incessant regurgitation of the racism conversation until we all stop seeing color. That includes you, my friend.