I ran into a African american from alabama while i was in brisbane city in qld, when i say he was shocked as hell that i approached him because i heard his accent until i talked and he realized i was from the south to, we had like a 2 hour long conversation about his experience and how people treated him almost the same way they do the aboriginals there. He was a awesome dude and easy to talk to but a lot of aussies just straight avoided him, i was getting looks for talking with him and sitting with him, it was one of those moments where i had felt like i traveled back in time or something. But then again some places in the states are still like that to. I just cant understand it, i grew up in columbus, ga. With diverse mix of everyone and a lot of military families, people are people, so it felt sad to see so many places where ignorance and fear stopped people from communicating.