BLACK OR WHITE?

Just yesterday I attended a CME on evidence based medicine(research stuff).The chief speaker over there was some Dr.Bhandari,an NRI based in Canada.He was a bit late,but already got introduced as the youngest chairperson of a big research institute,and probably the first Indian.He arrived after an hour or so,and when I saw him,he hardly looked Indian with his fair face and tall stature(born in Chandigarh to Indian Punjabi parents,in case you might think of some mixed genes!)!!Quite possible as Punjabis are known for their towering builts and fair skin.But then some other thoughts started racing through my mind.Would they still make him the chairperson if he had equal knowledge but was dark and stout(the asian look)?You'll say,may be they would!But then in my short life,I've hardly come across this combination of a dark,stout chairperson of a BIG institute or firm abroad(please let me know  if you've found one,please!)
Well,every one knows that there's a fight against racism everywhere,but the point is why is the fight needed?The answer is,as said by one of my dear teachers,though in some other context,that "YOU CAN WAKE A PERSON WHO'S ASLEEP,BOT NOT ONE WHO'S ACTING TO BE ASLEEP"
So many times I've come across people who's VISA appeals have been rejected,and also the one's whose appeals have been accepted in a blink of eye(relatively speaking!).And I could'nt help noticing the colour difference!
   Now you might think that i am just being paranoid.May be I am.But how do you know that racism is being eradicated and fought against,when everyday we see incidences which stink of racism!
I am sure its on the decline,but the point i want to make is,somewhere,in someone's mind,its still there,like a pot filled to the brim with hot boiling water...