These people have the mental capacity of 5th Century Tribalists. Their vacuous self-identities are informed by nothing more than the particular group features and characteristics they've been indoctrinated with. The life dynamic that free thinkers elsewhere continue to enjoy has long been petrified in the static, programmed persona's and worldviews of people like Giles, Harris-perry, and the rest of the race-obsessed staff at msnbc.