I've never had a friend who made subtle racist remarks to my race..yet. However, I do encounter people who feel that evertime they make references to Africa, its got to be about the animals or remote tribal people, as if there is no such thing as civilization in Africa. My typical response is "we have cities too, you know".
In any case, if I did have a friend who was still persistant on their views, I would simply part ways with them. It's really that simple.
I watched that episode of Real World and I was like
@MJ. It was like an inner part of him didn't want to accept that African-Americans ARE treated differently ......