Anecdotally, as one of the "brown people" that is okay with Arizona, I've never been hit by "your papers, please".

Ironically, I feel that California offers much less in terms of "open minds" - I am strongly liberal on social matters and advocated for homosexual marriage rights in AZ. Here I feel legitimately scared to mention that I have conservative views on business affairs without fear of potentially losing a job given how quickly people are to lambaste anyone they can for any opinion that doesn't conform to the acceptable limits of non-conformity.

I'm just keeping my head down and doing my job until I can go back to a more sensible location.