Maya Angelou made an observation that is very insightful.
She said that Southern whites and Northern whites are different in their attitudes to blacks.
Southern whites like black folks on a personal, individual basis, but not as a group. IOW, they can have black friends, but a larger group is intimidating.
Northern whites like black folks as a group, but not on a personal basis. IOW, not next door and not in my neighborhood.
Now you tell me who is more racist....................
I agree with her assessment of south vs north re racial relations. Northerners are great hypocrites, always sneering at the south, while actively discriminating in their region.