User blog comment:Gearslover01/Racist?/@comment-1265179-20100508162250

Race is commented on several times in Rapture. As Oscar Calraca shows, being black didn't stop you from being rich, and I think Ryan himself was probably personally against racism (IIRC, Ayn Rand was.) However, minimal government interference in business meant many businesses and individuals (the Lady Smith Splicer, and the Ducky splicers speak about "race-mixers") were probably openly racist, and due to the racist nature of the surface world, I'm guessing not many people were in a position to be noticed by Ryan and invited down to Rapture. And don't forget Steinman talked about "changing your race. It's yours to change." While I doubt ADAM-based technology got THAT far, it shows the less-PC attitude to race Rapture had.