~Di, I wouldn't care to defend the European media against charges of racism towards Americans. In my opinion they ARE racist. Hell, the Independent is towards Yanks the way the Daily Mail is towards brown people.
However, US presidents do get assassinated with monotonous regularity. Frequently by racists. And that's white presidents.
Personally, I think the entrenched racism in the US is a function of the problems with the penal system you have. So long as you have racial jail gangs, you're going to have racial groups outside jail.