Racism isn't just a Southern problem...its an American problem. The only thing that made the South worse than the North is that the South **institutionalized** their racism and codified it into law....while the North practiced in on the down-low, and **socially** enforced it. But it is NOT a coincidence that----right after our first non-white President of the United States----that we now have one who is a white male, who shamelessly wears his bigotry on his sleeve. Who trumpeted it during his campaign no in coded dogwhistles, but arrogant catcalls. ....and it wasn't just Southerners who voted for him . What gives me hope for this country is that this man did not win the popular vote, but instead squeaked into the office by the narrowest of margins..... ....and is one of the most unpopular Presidents this nation has ever had. But lets not kid ourselves. There is 35% of the population who will support this man no matter what he does...and I suspect that a sizeable majority do so because he hates the same people that they hate....and he gets away with expressing his hatred in ways that they can no longer get away with.