I don't think opposition to inter racial or inter ethnic relationships reflects prejudice or intolerance.It's completely natural for people to go out with their "own".
Absolutely. People tend to "stick with their own."
I thought it was an interesting choice by the director to have the "bad" guy be okay with it and the "good" guy against it.
Interesting dichotomy. The duality of man and all that. It's like I said earlier, the Church going old ladies would have been MUCH more judgemental than the men. And this is coming from a guy who was born and raised in that neighborhood during that time frame.