Funny, I thought Alabama and Mississippi were the aparthied states.
All I know is that when I lived in Utah there was a black guy in my department and he loved it there. With so few blacks around he was accepted as an interesting individual rather than fobbed off as an anonymous member of a despised minority.
That role was filled by the Indians. Oh, boy, did I get an earfull about the drunken Indians.
There ya go!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcZ9ku_wInw