However, generalizing racists and saying racism exists based on these extreme edge case doesn't make logical sense.
I've lived in the US my entire life. I'm East Asian. I've encountered racism.
Given two persons of minority descent, one who claims to have first-hand experience of racism, and another who claims that racism is largely a myth, why would I believe the second over the first?
I've lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Seattle, and now SF - all diverse places by American standards. And I've experienced racism at every. single. one. Not of the pitchfork-and-lynching variety, but racism nonetheless.
I want to live where you live, where racism is an extraordinary edge case.
Some people don't have the intelligence however to rationally overcome the natural inclinations toward whatever bias we may subconsciously harbor. This has been true for the entirety for human civilization.
What I CAN tell you though, is that reverse discrimination by creating "black only" beauty pageants, television stations, and now incubators is not the solution to the problem and will only cause further division.
Edit: nothing like a good race discussion to bring out the lurkers and trolls.