It was a rare public manifestation of black racial hostility toward whites.

For some mainstream black politicians, black anger toward whites presents both opportunity and temptation.

But her reason is altogether different: She feels it is black bigotry toward whites.

Because of being around the Jacobys my attitude toward whites in general changed.

Attitudes toward whites are complicated: a mixture of suspicion, resentment and in some cases a desire not to offend.

Deference toward whites and indifference to crimes against blacks remain commonplace.

Blacks and whites who saw favoritism generally agreed that it was toward whites.

Of those who said they detected favoritism by the police - both black and white - nearly all said it was toward whites.

Of the blacks who said they saw favoritism, nearly all said it was toward whites.

Whites who saw favoritism also said, by slightly less than a 3-to-1 margin, that it was toward whites.