What's right is right

Racial discrimination in the workplace is something that many of us are bystanders to. I was a witness to some very racially motivated derogatory comments and I felt that I had to do something about it. I reported the guy to HR. He is pretty high up at the company and he has quite bit of clout. He's one step down from a VP. He's been around for 20years+ and you would think he would know better. But I guess there are assholes at every level. Anyways, I reported him, an investigation was opened, many were interviewed and the investigation has not been closed yet. They are still talking to people. The thing is, this guy ignores me now, it makes it very difficult to work because I am being ignored. I do not work directly for him, so its not that big of a deal but i see him everyday. His office is right outside my desk. The biggest issue I have is, he was wrong, not me, but in our society, for some reason, I feel bad, I feel like I should have given him another chance to mess up before I reported him, but I know it was the right thing to do. There should never be a time when racial discrimination is acceptable. I know, it happens, but I cannot stand by and watch it happen and be silent. It feels like I am participating if I do not stop the slurs. I suppose he will try like hell to avoid me and it will just be the way it is, but I really don't like working like that. In times like these, I think about Mr. Schindler, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Bobby Kennedy. It's never popular to do what is right when everyone around you is too concerned with their own safety to stop the behavior. I know I was brought here to make people wake up and be professional. I hope I can spend the rest of my time here having fun and enjoying my job. Soon I will not have to work here anymore when I open the business, I just need to keep remembering that this job is a means to an end. Nothing more.