I had two situations that point to the media being a big factor. We had a black friend (one of only two friends invited to our wedding) who we invited to our ca

I had two situations that point to the media being a big factor. We had a black friend (one of only two friends invited to our wedding) who we invited to our cabin that we recently purchased. The day of the get together, she cancelled saying the area where the cabin is is racist. My wife is mixed and didn't notice this in the years we visited the same area. About a week later,a long time black friend of another couple refused to visit them for the same reason: racist area. This friend visited many times before, and strangely had the same reaction at the same time as our friend. Turns out a town not far from our cabin did have a history of racism some decades ago and this was profiled on local tv. So that TV show helped kill our friendship. The other couple reconciled with their friend.