re: Is "racism" genetic or learned?

Whatever it is, it isn't confined to any one race. Recently, I was assigned to work on a project for a company that offers home delivery of medical products and prescription drugs. The project lasted approximately 4 months.

For whatever reason, or perhaps just by chance, approximately 70% of the employees of this company are black. Well, it wasn't necessarily the worst working environment I've ever experienced, but it was definitely an unpleasant experience. While I was able to form positive relationships and even friendships with some people there, I was predominantly treated as an outsider and made to feel "different" from the group as a whole. I experienced hostility, discrimination, and even what I would characterize as racism.

I had never been in a predominantly black working environment, and I'm just saying, I sure as hell didn't leave that place thinking, "If only white people were this oblivious to race."

Just being honest, and that's why it irritates me when some people want to pretend that prejudice or even racism is somehow a malady with which only one race is afflicted. That simply isn't the case.