I have also spent a lot of time living in different areas, with different groups of people, including the better part of a year living in Bute Town in cardiff which is something like 90% Somali. My point was that being involved in peoples lives, working with them to try and sort things out, you actually see the conflicts and contradictions, whereas just looking from the outside with an extremely prejudiced, pre-existing racist mindset . . . . . i just don't think you will ever see how backwards your racism really is.
well said pal