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I've travelled the world, and the country, extensively. Racism is definitely alive and well here in the Good Ol' U.S of A., especially in certain areas of the country. The South is still TERRIBLE in many locations. Having said that, I'd still say the U.S. is one of the more tolerant places I've had the pleasure of travelling/living in. The Arab world is rife with racism, and don't even get started on secular divides...Asia is quite racist, Europe...didn't seem TOO bad to me, but there were issues. Mexico/South America in general is very racist.

It's everywhere, folks. I've personally never understood racism, but it's definitely out there. My feelings are race is pretty much just species adaptation related to where your ancestors are from in the world. How someone can hate another based on that baffles me.