Racism in America varies greatly, depending on where you live. The following is the most objective metric I could find for racist tendencies in America:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/12/08/acros...
Looking at the map, the Pacific Northwest is one of the least racist, and the south is one of the most racist. This matches pretty well with what I would have expected. Interestingly, NY state itself ranks pretty highly in racist tendencies, which is a major part of the author's experiences.
In contrast, here's the same map of Europe:
http://theconversation.com/this-map-shows-what-white-europea...
If you put any stock in this data, the UK, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium are all less racist than NY-state.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/12/08/acros...
Looking at the map, the Pacific Northwest is one of the least racist, and the south is one of the most racist. This matches pretty well with what I would have expected. Interestingly, NY state itself ranks pretty highly in racist tendencies, which is a major part of the author's experiences.
In contrast, here's the same map of Europe:
http://theconversation.com/this-map-shows-what-white-europea...
If you put any stock in this data, the UK, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium are all less racist than NY-state.