The story of an “unauthorized” whale hunt in the State of Washington highlights the dangerous nature or our guilt-ridden double standard toward Native Americans. Grey Whales only recently came off the Endangered Species List, and the government forbids commercial harvest of the great beasts, but the Makah Tribe won permission to kill whales each year to “honor” their culture and treaty rights from 1885. But one renegade band wouldn’t wait for the scheduled kill and went out to blast a whale with a high-powered rifle—not even bringing its carcass to shore. Memories of misdeeds by white settlers toward Indians lead to special privileges --including Indian casinos, cigarette and fireworks distribution, and environmental rape of fish and forests. Treating Indians as perpetual victims and welfare recipients, and failing to apply the same standards we impose on whites, amounts to rancid racism—treating people differently solely on the basis of the color of their skin.