Racism- alive or dead in your area?

Another jellies response earlier today made me start thinking about this.

In my area, we still have a small percentage of the population who are racist/ White Pride, and we have a very small population of minorities, mostly college students consisting of black, Vietnamese, Mexicans and an even smaller percentage from the Middle East.

This week, our local news carried the story of two middle eastern college students who drugged a local woman and got her in the cab with them, hoping to rape her, but the cabbie intervened. But I have heard a few people muttering racist comments this week.

What about your area, do you still have racism that is noticeable, and how do you feel about that? Fair, unfair, understandable, or just ignorant?