[dragon14]

If the acceptance of black people has accelerated then why do middle class income and above white families in every major American city either send their children to private school or move from the public school district to avoid attending school with blacks? For instance Manhattan, the most liberal place in the most liberal city in America finds all the liberal white democrats sending their children to private school.

Also, since black neighborhoods in big cities are far cheaper to live in, why do virtually no whites even liberal whites move into these neighborhoods when they are young and/or struggling? When we hear that a neighborhood is a city is revitalizing what does this mean? It means that whites are moving in to a neighborhood that used to be black. Check out a guidebook to any American city sometime. The black areas are barely mentioned and if they get a mention like Harlem, there is always a disclaimer to avoid the area after dark.

Whites, even liberal whites are very aware of color, yet they are conditioned not to put out signals that they are aware. However, if a shopping mall or movie theatre becomes popular amongst blacks, in every city I've lived in the whites start going to another place for shopping or entertainment. If the Bellagio had a 60% black clientele every weekend, then the Bellagio would see that whites would virtually disappear from their casino in a matter of years.

So the notion of America as colorblind is not correct in any major American city. There is less discussion of racism and racial issues on television since 9/11 but the migration of whites away from black areas as blacks move into them continues to this day and I've yet to see northeastern liberals attempt to buck this trend.

So until northeastern liberals start acting colorblind, I can't imagine anyone else acting this way.

Finally, I guarantee you that any white liberal would feel more comfortable walking through an Arab neighborhood at night than a black neighborhood.