At times when I think that race relations in Utah are evolving, something happens to make the peace train in my head come to a screeching halt. It's bad enough that state Sen. Chris Buttars famously referred to a bill as a "black baby" and "a dark ugly thing." Worse was his self-pitying reaction to the fallout he'd created. He claimed that a "hate lynch mob" was after him. The fact that Buttars still lives in a segregated world is, of course, his problem. But when he spews racism, suffers no consequences and runs for re-election, he only hurts white Utahns who are not racist and are tired of the reputation.