Uhh tough one, the truth is it is out there, I am German and have a fairly heavy accent. I have been called Nazi by people trying to push my buttons, such I don't fall into that agegroup. The funny thing is it also seems to affect my work place. I work in a nursing home and have been there for over 4 years, get along with most of my coworkers and residents. A few years ago I was told by a weekend supervisor I could be seen as rude because I'm German. "Huhhh????" That was a new one, and I wasn't sure if I should punch her or start laughing about her ignorance.. My Administrator made her apologize. You should have heard it, she even made that apology sound like an insult. I let it go. She is gone - I'm still there. Well, something else happened a few month ago and yesterday I got my evaluation and 'bang" there it was again. I do realize that my DON put it in there to cover my hinny in future missunderstandings, but it stung a little anyways.. Another story, I live in a little neighborhood in a white town. The other day my neighbor asked me if I noticed the cops out here, aparantly he had held 3 black teenagers at gunpoint because they ran out of gas and where going door to door trying to find some. What an IDIOT! The sad thing was he had his grandson visiting, and that 6th grader came to my house with a plastic gun grandpa gave to him to protect himself from the "black people". I told him that I don't belive in that and that if he wanted to hang out over here he better take the "toy" home. So "Yes" it is out there, and it is up to us to change it, and raise our furure generation to turn this planet into a better place. Which also means black people not taking advantage of this situation.