First thought was my late father, but I can think of plenty I'm not related to. Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy Blog. Greg Laden. Carl Zimmer. Alex Santoso. I get all my science from blogs these days.
I am old enough to where I don't recall my FIRST experience with racism, because it was so prevalent when and where I lived. But I am now seeing it through my children's eyes, since they are minorities in an overwhelmingly white town. I illustrated a discussion we had about kids they encounter who act like they have never seen an Asian before. These are actual questions, although the answers are hypothetical ones we came up with. http://www.misscellania.com/miss-cellania/2008/...