>That that Italian guy showed me more respect than the
>Italian Americans I knew, esp. working in Bensonhurst
>(Brooklyn).

That's just one person though. And, even tho' he isn't racist towards Blacks, it's possible that he discriminates other races.

>I don't believe that any other country is free from racism
>but I do believe that many Americans are blinded.

I think Europeans are just as blind.