re: What's the most racist thing you've ever witnessed in real life?

I have an uncle and a few cousins that still, in 2014, drop the "N-bomb" left and right.

For a couple of years in Jr. High, my best friend was a black kid. He invited me to go to his family reunion in New Orleans without asking his parents. When he told them, they said that unfortunately I wouldn't be allowed to attend. He admitted to me that the reason I couldn't go was because I was white, and a number of their relatives would have a problem with me just because of this... They were pretty pissed at him for telling me the reason.

They are really good folks and were just trying to protect me. Sometimes people can escape the ignorance they were born into, and sometimes they remain in it their entire lives.