Racism hasn't been eradicated from the US. It has only gone underground. Most racists now know that they can no longer express their opinions openly without attracting heaps of scorn on themselves, at the very least.

Nor from the rest of the world!
Passing a law that openly espousing racism is illegal does not change an individuals outlook.
It merely stops them expressing it.
If I encounter someone who is openly racist I ask them why & try to encourage debate which MAY change their outlook. In most cases, the misconceptions are so ingrained that they will not change but there is always that chance ...
Depicting politicians as monkeys has always been fashionable regardless of race so I agree with Jeri - some times, racism is in the eye of the beholder!