What does race have to do with anything?

I get so sick and tired of seeing racist questions on this site. People are always saying "oh Republicans are all racist because they won't vote for Obama." Or, " Democrats are all racist because they're voting for Obama only because he is black." STOP THE HATE! This is 2008 not the 50's or 60's. We should all be past this race thing. Do not get me wrong. I know that there are still some racists out there, but the majority of people are not. Calling people racist is only going to dig up hate and bitterness especially when people do it out of ignorance. If racism is being employed it is fine to call it what it is, but most of the time I see people asking racist questions just to be agitators. Give me your thoughts. Do you think that there are so many racists out there that we need to keep digging at this wound? Or do you think we should all take a stand and not let people keep racism going?