I enjoyed that movie Crash.
When I moved to Montana, I was surprised how people kept saying things like:
"Listen, I'm not racist, BUT .."
(Black people do this)
(and Black people do that)
(and can you believe this experience I had with Black people?)
Uhh .. right. If you want to express some racist sentiments, why would you bother preceding it with a disclaimer that you're not racist?
But on the other side of this coin, when I do run into a black person out around town here, they approach ME as though I will treat them this way. I look up into aggressive eyes, seemingly because they're expecting me to think of them in some negative way. If I say hello, or something, this fades away.
There's also the kind of "positive racism" that white people get from a whole slew of other people, around the world. If you're white, you have money. If you're white, you're beautiful. If you're white, you're smart. It might seem innocuous, because the presumptions are of "positive" traits. But really - it's presumptions about a person, based on their skin color / heritage.
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