the problem though lies when people today - 2012 - use the same excuses BY and others used for with holding the priesthood.
BY was racist - but so was 80% of the society at the time. That isn't an excuse for racism - but at least we can understand that racism.
But some Joe espousing the same stuff today is certainly racist and has no excuse for being racist. Those in 2012 aught to know better both academically and spiritually.