A black friend of mine is married to a white women, together they have two beatiful children. her parents family are from the south. they had never befriended non white people before their daugher married a black man and were of course prejudice. it was tough at first but now they are all friends. He believes that the only way racism will ever die is if cultures blend together.
I interracially date often and I've had people actually smile at me and whomever i'm out with. Within the last few years, I have recieved almost no hostility. I think racism is as strong as it ever was for a certain groups of people (ie republicans), but for many other groups we are loving each other more than ever.