White Supremacists and Grey's Anatomy

Yes, that's right...White Supremacists and Grey's Anatomy. Now, I know that this is sounding strange to those of you who do not normally watch the show (or who missed it this past Thursday), but the writers of Grey's Anatomy took on the still very strong movement of white supremacists in the United States. An EMS worker who was injured in an ambulance accident refused to be treated by Bailey (claiming he wanted a man) only to find he didn't want a man...he wanted a white man. Dr. Bailey, then asked Cristina to examine him because she is "neither white nor black." Only to find that he had a swastika tattooed on his stomach. Cristina was extremely appalled, for we later learn her grandparents died in a concentration camp. Within all of this the man says, the great thing about this country is you still have to treat me just like anyone else.

Now, I know most of us are thinking "It's Grey's Anatomy!!! Seriously?! You are talking about Greys!" Currently, White supremacists groups such as the Aryan Nations, are a major problem in this country. Now, if one is African American, then they are all to well aware of this problem. However, most middle class Caucasian families pay little to no attention to such groups. I believe that many are under the impression that these extreme racists groups are a thing of the past (let me clarify here...not that racism is a thing of the past but that these extremist groups), but it is clear that this is not true. There is a militia that in Michigan that is over 12,000 men large! (remember these are white supremacists...within the white supremacist ideology women=a subject, a white women's ultimate desire is to serve her white husband and produce white babies) Despicable isn't it?

The interesting thing is that these groups are strongest in the north...that's right the NORTH!!!! For example, the Aryan Nations originated in California, but it moved its headquarters to Idaho. There are now five strong holds for the Aryan Nations and only one of them is in the South (Alabama to be exact).

I am fearful of the increasing amount of intolerance in our nation. However, if a show like Grey's Anatomy has noticed the problems enough to work the topic into the show, then what does it mean? How much have we regressed? How do we overcome this problem?