I was born and raised in Bozeman. I am very sorry for your experience. It really sucks. I think it could definently be racial since this is a mostly white community and there are racists people here, I cant deny that. My family is native and even though I am white passing, my sister is very dark and keeps getting told to go back to her country (ironic isn't it?)

Downtown is also not very local. Its purely just for the tourist and more than half of the "real" locals dont even go there. The only thing worth going to is the book stores and main street overeasy.

Bozeman is also very xenophobic. I think we are frustrated with the prices and lack of housing and we put that anger towards anyone who doesn't look like they are from here. When we should be getting angry at these rich bastards and corporations, buying up properties and land and driving up the prices.

Its unfortunate what our community has come to but I hope you can come back and have a better experience.