I'm actually kind of amazed Ohio and PA or green. I'm lucky that even though my parents were born in the twenties they were pretty open minded. I befriended the only african american boy in our grade school. It was second or third grade when his family moved into town. Most of us had never seen a black person. I had due to travelling with my Dad. They were just people to me. 

What I found strange as a child was as we all got older some kids quit hanging out with us. @11 I couldn't wrap my head around why people would hate someone based on skin color. 

To be honest at almost 60 I still don't understand how racist people of any color can think that way.