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In my years as an adult, I have never been unfortunate enough to run into a KKK member (or known of one). I have never met a white man who HATED minorities; although I'm sure they must be out there. I mean, that's all the press talks about. I just have never met one (and known his feelings).

However, I can't count the number of times I've heard Blacks insult/threaten me and other 'white' people.

In my years as an adult, I have never been unfortunate enough to run into a KKK member (or known of one).

If you lived in a state about 800 miles to the northeast of where you are, your senior U.S. senator would fill the bill (and wear the sheet).

In my years as an adult, I have never been unfortunate enough to run into a KKK member (or known of one). I have never met a white man who HATED minorities; although I'm sure they must be out there. I mean, that's all the press talks about. I just have never met one (and known his feelings).

However, I can't count the number of times I've heard Blacks insult/threaten me and other 'white' people.

You hit the nail on the head. I have had the unfortunate experience of meeting a few bigots in my time - although I think that 'hate' is too strong a word for their feelings, ignorance and inferiority are more apt, but I digress.

I think that if I could sum the overall feelings of myself and most of my friends towards any minority up into one word, it would be "indifference".

Speaking solely for myself, I could care if you're (black, gay, asian, insert minority here). My friends and co-workers span the whole spectrum. However, to a race-baiting idiot, mere equal acceptance of a minority is not enough. I need to celebrate the diversity flavor-of-the-week. And, if I express my viewpoint that I honestly don't care about a person's ancestry, then I'm a bigot.

/rant off. I feel better now.

my experience has been closely (but not exactly) similar to yours.