re: If you are white, how much experience do you have actually dealing with black people?

I grew up in Dallas. Went to high school in the 80s. Blacks and whites were in band, drill team and sports together. I had friends who were black. One of the girls in my flute trio was black.

College was mostly white.

Work in Texas was mixed.

Then I moved to California. My kids had friends of lots of different races.