You cant be enlightened if you dont intend to agree with anything that he says.
Racism goes on and on in this country and trust me you havent seen it until you live where I live. Whenever a black man comes into our town you would think the townspeople were going to put on their white clothes and hang him. This is no shit! They hate black people here. Me I have no problem with him and roomed with one at Maryville U in St.Louis. Me and him are best friends and I brought him to a bar in my hometown one night. Needless to say I never thought I would be fighting over a black man after I have been raised to not think to highly of that race. However he is like a brother to me and we got into a good sized bar fight that night which ended up in a trip to the hospital for me and him laughing at me the whole way. I simply split my hand open. Of course the "nigger" word was shouted all night and I had heard enough.
With all of that said, I wouldnt say I would trust a white man more than a black man. However I would trust someone who looked more upstanding than the next. I have no hate for someone of the opposite race, but rather am intrigued of what they think of me.
We took a trip into East St.Louis about 6 months ago (on accident). Went right by a group of young black men standing on the sidewalk. They actually came over and kicked my car and we drove off. As many know St.Louis is the most crime ridin city in the US. And most of it comes from East St.Louis.
As far as black experiences goes, I have tons of them from when I went to school down there, however the good expeirences outweigh the bad.