[quote=idlehands]
I think it's still alive and kicking in all kinds of places, I've been through Idaho before O_o I don't think it's a bigger deal in the south vs the north. You can find it anywhere just as you can find people living together without issue. Hell it could be the next neighborhood over. Shit is weird.
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Racism and prejudice in general exists everywhere and will continue to exist as long as close minded people are not constantly exposed to people different from them to the point that they recognize those people as being equal. It's less a north v south thing and more a rural v urban. People living in rural areas are less likely to be exposed to people different from them and thus more likely to judge people who are different from them as lesser. Also people living in commercial areas are less likely to be prejudice as they usually have closer ties to the media, which is steadily growing less and less prejudice.

The south may have pro-confederate hicks, but north is more likely to get those people who are never exposed to other races and thus judge people differently even if they aren't as open about it. I'd say neither is more likely to harbor racists than the other.