The Bay Area Bubble

The other day I decided to bring up the discussion of race to a few of my friends, and one of the questions I asked was, "Do you think we are on the right track to overcome racism in our country?" What shocked me was, one of my friends said that we have already overcome racism. She said that the media blows it all up, and if you really look around, there really are not racial issues. She said, that we all get along fine, and that you get more opportunity as an African American than a white person now in this country.  I told her that I disagree, because even though this particular area may not have these issues, everywhere else in the country does. I tried telling her that we live in a very "safe, rich, well maintained, and liberal area". And that everywhere else in the country is VERY DIFFERENT. She didn't end up agreeing with me in the end, but I'm curious if anyone else agrees with her opinion?