Dethspud,
Even though I would rather pluck my eyes out with an ice-pick than to stiffle your conversation, you are wrong about this.
The most overt racism I have ever seen is in the northern part of the U.S. in the supposedly Blue States, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. I know it doens't seem that way from the media, but it's true.
I am from Alabama and the population is somewhere around 30% black, give or take. That means the chances that I will see, marry, fuck, do business with, live next door to, have a family member married to blacks is 3/10. Now how can I live a life of Shibumi if I hate 30% of everybody I come across every day, including possible family members?
Racism flourishes more where there is not much contact between the races, such as the north and yes, my friend, Canada.
Fun with Christians Lesson #1
Next time you are around a religious fanatic of the christian variety ask them to show you where in their bible it says anything about a 'rapture' (for you intelligent people the rapture is supposedly when jesus takes the righteous away before the final battle.
Fun with Christians Lesson #2
Ask them what the number 666 means as it is written in the original biblical text. In hebrew, each letter is a number also. The number in the original text spell out 'julius ceasar'.