"It seems like racial problem are in the blue states."
No kidding. A couple of weeks ago in Corvallis, Oregon (one of those "enlightened" college towns) a group of black men beat up a white man who was dancing with his black wife.
Somehow that little hate crime never made it to the mainstream media.
The LA Riot happened in California in 1992. Many Korean businesses were affected. Blacks and Koreans had tensions because Blacks felt slighted because Koreans owned business and some had limited to no English. Also, there was that one riot in Michigan in 2003. Both are blue states.