IMO if they hadn't have brought up the race issue in HN/FoB it would've seemed odd. I know racism is something people don't like to think existed but it sure as hell would've done at the time of that episode and I think it's brave of them to show it on a "kids" show. Just showing the way something would have actually been and making it realistic does not mean the show is endorsing anything.

Eh, there is too much fanwank in this fandom right now. I miss the days of Nine when everything seemed so much simpler.