Amusing article on race in Montana

[Alcon]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/29/AR2008102904331_pf.html

This is the other side of the bigotry coin.  And, yes, having been to Montana, this is pretty much the common racial attitude in a lot of these towns.  Not so much in Missoula or Billings, but the lily-white Montana type of racism is just all-around weird.

Well-written, worth a read.

[Alcon]

Another interesting thing, here:  Notice how no one in the article really connects race with policy or character until prompted.  Probably a difference between the sort of racism where there's a vested interest,  a sense of 'us vs. them', with blacks at odds with white success.  Here, it's just kind of a foreign thing, but not necessarily hostile--depending on the person.

Interesting, anyway