^^^^^^^^^^^^
I hear you cqd, but what if you start out just being a "folk", but then people start saying really negative stuff about your race and you don't feel comfortable.

Should you just leave and figure that the place isn't for you?

I know a popular stance here would be, "Say negative things back!" But I'm the kind of person that wants to own what I say online. I'm not going to call someone a name if I really DON'T know them. And you can't really know someone that only exists by a screen handle. YES...some aspect of their personality comes through online. But many people change when they go online. Maybe we see what they REALLY think and their online persona is more genuine. But you just can't know.