In my own personal experience, there is racism all over this country, but I have seen it at its most obvious while in the south.

A couple of examples. While attending grade school in the south my brother and I witnessed three black girls being chased out of a building by Klan members. Also in the south, my family was routinely looked at suspiciously and/or angrily when speaking Spanish in public. Additionally, my brother and his black friend were routinely pulled over for NO REASON while driving together. The cops were often overly aggressive and menacing in these situations.

HOWEVER, at the same time, both my family and I found people to be pretty friendly down South. When we moved to the North, we realized people were just as racist, but they were more careful to hide their behavior than they were in the south.

In a way, it's hard to know what's worse. Having people be nice to you and think/say bad things about you and your culture/race behind your back or to know out and out where people stand and to possibly be able to "enlighten" them.