Playing the "racism doesn't exist" card in the South is simply an outright lie.
Obviously racism exists elsewhere in the nation but the South has always been a traditional bastion of white supremacy and racism as anyone who looks at the news and reads enough history knows.

There is no different south regardless of whether more Yankees are there or now. The South is rapidly re-segregating its schools and communities and is still a hostile region for African-Americans as well as mixed race people.

Your comment is a textbook example of an invalid premise.