Xbox live racism

Haviing recently purchased a Xbox 360, I've finally experienced, first-hand the overt racism I heard so much about, with XboxLive on Dr.Phil. I'd heard a lot about how fun it was to frag noobs online, and so I finally jumped on the Live bandwagon. No sooner had I logged into the interface of COD4, do I hear N-word yelping, left right and centre.

This subject's been battered to death, but just astounded at the level of profanity and inyourface racism that pervades Live. I'm curious to gauge your opinions as to where the vast majority of this wanton trash-talks comes from. The internet seems to be the ideal place for frustrated bigoted folk to uninhibitedly let out their frustrations about society. What I wonder is though, is if this pent up frustration is directed specifically at the targeted races, or whether it's just anger at societal norms and political correctness in general.

In certain countries in Europe, racism isn't as concealed and implicit as it is in the US. In Croatia or Spain for example, monkey chants and the like are not irregular occurences at sporting events.

What are your opinions?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

A key assumption some of you are making is that all the perpetrators are angsty teens who want to do things that are taboo just to seem cool. It may be less common overall, but my friend told me he heard a bunch of the older crowd (who you'd think would be a tad more mature and sensitive towards these issues) belt out like obscenities. He told me that one person started it, asking "any N's here?" and that the others seemed to egg him on, chain reaction like. Obviously this subset of outliers on Live don't represent the whole, and that it's probably mostly immature kids who perpetuate the drivel, you can't rule out the fact that there's another breed of people on there too.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Alright, let me set the record straight. I'm not personally offended by what's being said. I want to play online and enjoy the experience how it's meant to be experienced, -manifested through worthwhile communication that's relevant to the game. I'm just annoyed that the large majority don't see online gaming that way, but instead see it as a way to let loose with expletives for purposes of satisfying their egos(racist in nature or not).

I realize you don't NEED the voicechat feature to enjoy the game, but I'm just saying that it's a shame that these numbskulls feel the need to destract from what could be an enhanced experience for some, with their mindless banter. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm disappointed that it's become the societal Live status quo.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.