I recently found out that a visitor to my home considers me a racist ...

[JDPriestly]

167. The power and reinforcing structure in Los Angeles. Here are the city council members and their

prior positions:

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jul/04/local/la-me-new-council-20130705

Listed by name.

http://council.lacity.org/index.htm

From the point of view of race and ethnicity, power is shared pretty evenly in LA.

Spanish-speaking people may be under-represented (compared to their percentage of the population) in part because some are not citizens and don't vote.

Both my Congressman and my City Council representative are from Spanish-speaking families. They are admired by and receive the votes of people of all races.

Income differences are a bigger divider in LA. And of course income differences correlate to race. Overcome income disparity or at least make an attempt to do so and a lot of what appears to be racism will vanish.

Income disparity is a bigger problem than racism although where one is the other tags along. Two people of different races but approximately the same income level will more likely know each other and get along well than two people of decidedly different income levels.