By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Racism is alive and well in California government. Thriving even. First, there are the fish and game racists. In the private sector, we used to call them bass snobs or trout snobs, but I think the term “racist” is better for people who hate one type of fish or bird but love another. The fish racists hate to the point of wanting to wipe whole species out of lakes or rivers. The Department of Fish and Wildlife is increasingly composed of fish and game racists, so I guess this type of racism has been cultivated in the fishing and hunting community by the state agency over the past 50 years. No long ago, the DFW wiped out a whole lake filled with northern pike, a non-native gamefish. The agency was worried the non-native pike might get into the Delta and impact native fishes.  They killed all the fish in the lake in the process, including the natives. Never mind that the Delta has been so dramatically damaged by water diversions, dredging, channelization, and so much more as to be a biological shadow of its former self. In typical government fashion, the DFW treats the potential arm…