"How can we get along better?" is the question about race I've been carrying that has motivated this project. How can we become more accepting in our multi-cultural world? How can we see-really see-through the eyes of each other? Why can't we? Is it something in our genes? Our human nature as warlike and aggressive? The impressive yet frustrating array of personalities that make us loveable but also ornery and difficult? Is it the piled-on guilt that we as white people can hardly bear to think about, let alone work on and find a way through that might bring justice and peace? It seems to be true: we-a multitude of colors and ethnic backgrounds-can't seem to get along. We are burdened with unhelpful and false impressions of the other. We are stuck in conditioning from generations ago. Plus we are mired in religiosity that preaches love but often practices hate. For their own survival, Black people have been forced to deal with the race issue since they first stepped foot in this country. They encounter it every day. It defines how they live in society, how they move about, hold jobs, or raise families. It is the sea they swim in and they ignore it at their peril. It is the same sea that white people swim in, but often-or usually-with little awareness of peril. We mostly float and reap the benefits. As fellow participants in this societal quagmire of race relations, we often respond with puzzlement, anger, and judgment. Why is the world so different for them than for us? We need to look at that and be willing to listen.