The OP is unfair to assess an entire community from the words of one individual.I'll also challenge the OP to find ANY community in the United States that is 100% free of racism.Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! But I was amazed when I stopped at a local gas station and asked if they had a pay phone so I could call my wife...
Since you claim racism is running rampant in 'this part of the world' you've been slapped with tons of racist/bigoted/ignorant/redneck actions.Racism by minorities against whites is a very common, and often violent occurrence in many of our "diverse", larger metro areas.Violent crime by minorities against whites is 100 times more common than the other way around. Someone using the *n* word, and a town with blacks living on a different side of the tracks is nothing to get worked up about. I had heard of the Tulsa race riots in the 20s but I thought this is the 21st century surely that attitude is gone. Howest2008In September 2008 I and my family moved to Bartlesville, a small town 40 miles north of Tulsa from Boulder CO and shortly discovered that racism is alive and prospering here.