"I'm not racist, but…"

"I'm not a racist by any stretch of the imagination, but whenever people start talking about diversity, it's a word I can't stand … What these people don't like is somebody forcing diversity down their throats."  -Prescott City Councilman Steve Blair, supporting the decision to "lighten" the dark faces of a school mural.

Click here for a gallery of the offending mural.  This is an elementary school where, for several months, passers by have shouted, "You're desecrating our school," "Get the...