Not as free as I would like, but basic fundamental freedoms are abundant. Most importantly, people have a distaste for basic injustice and will come to help you out if you went through crap. After 9/11, a Sikh guy was killed by someone in AZ because he was confused for a Muslim. BTW, even if he was a Mislim it would still be wrong. The guy was arrested, charged with murder, and got the death penalty or life in prison. People all over AZ raised a few million dollars to compensate the family whose only source of livelihood was the guy's income. If something truly unjust ever happens to you, you would wish you are in the US because people do help you out.
A lot of black people or muslims would disagree with that.
I used to live in the bay area and after 9/11 things did get dicey. Remember the LA riots. That wasnt too long ago.