So about the south being a bastion of racism..

[Sava]

You're the one who blames yourself when people call you stupid and throw rocks at you. Are you sure that I'm the one who needs the evaluation?

Blame myself what?

You are a retarded idiot

[pchang]

I live in the South. Ask me anything!!

How do you feel about your daughter having sex with a black man?

[Kidlicious]

How do you feel about having sex with a black man?

[PLATO]

How do you feel about your daughter having sex with a black man?

It has happened and I didn't have a problem with it. Nor did I when they moved in together. It didn't work out for them though (not because he was black)...

[PLATO]

How do you feel about having sex with a black man?

My personal preference isn't men. I did date a black girl for a short time in the 80's. She wouldn't give it up though (not that I didn't try).

[PLATO]

So...any relevant questions about racism in the South? I know quite a bit about it actually.

(Yes, I know...I said ask me "anything"...my mistake, but what is said is said).

[Kidlicious]

My personal preference isn't men. I did date a black girl for a short time in the 80's. She wouldn't give it up though (not that I didn't try).

You stopped dating her because she didn't give it up?

Oh and why is the South racist?

[PLATO]

You stopped dating her because she didn't give it up?

Ahh...I see my mistake. No, that wasn't why we stopped dating. She traded me in on another guy. We were co-workers at a bank and I think she was uncomfortable seeing someone she worked with. My comment on her not giving it up was to address your curiosity about sexual relations.

Oh and why is the South racist?

It is both simple and complex but boils down to one thing primarily...lack of education and understanding. There was a culture that evolved after the Northern Invasion. Most people felt that blacks were property and that the north had stolen that property from them. The many atrocities that the north committed against the South enforced the feeling that the north had somehow "wronged" the people of the South. Since they were virtually powerless against their conquerors, the people of the South took out their animosity on the former slaves and free blacks equally. This feeling, combined with a very low education rate and fear mongering Southern politicians created a cultural and racial divide that has yet to be overcome. Many people in the South today have overcome most racial stereotypes, but there is still a large number who haven't...mostly the poorer and uneducated elements of society( the so called "rednecks" if you will). In combination with this, there is still the powerful elite and political class that utters the correct platitudes but still maintains the "old boys" back room nod to racism. Progress is being made however. Many Southern Universities are actively supporting and encouraging diversity. Younger people, for the most part, are learning that people are people regardless of their heritage. The reasons that the South is still racist is basically that their is not enough political will to buck the elites by politicians and simply enough time has not passed for the influences of the past to have faded away. In time, I see the South being less racist than the north...it is certainly more on peoples minds here than in the north. For now though, only an uneducated and uninformed person would say that racism has vanished from the South...there is progress though!

[The Mad Monk]

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No, but it should have been.

[Kidlicious]

It is both simple and complex but boils down to one thing primarily...lack of education and understanding. There was a culture that evolved after the Northern Invasion. Most people felt that blacks were property and that the north had stolen that property from them. The many atrocities that the north committed against the South enforced the feeling that the north had somehow "wronged" the people of the South. Since they were virtually powerless against their conquerors, the people of the South took out their animosity on the former slaves and free blacks equally. This feeling, combined with a very low education rate and fear mongering Southern politicians created a cultural and racial divide that has yet to be overcome. Many people in the South today have overcome most racial stereotypes, but there is still a large number who haven't...mostly the poorer and uneducated elements of society( the so called "rednecks" if you will). In combination with this, there is still the powerful elite and political class that utters the correct platitudes but still maintains the "old boys" back room nod to racism. Progress is being made however. Many Southern Universities are actively supporting and encouraging diversity. Younger people, for the most part, are learning that people are people regardless of their heritage. The reasons that the South is still racist is basically that their is not enough political will to buck the elites by politicians and simply enough time has not passed for the influences of the past to have faded away. In time, I see the South being less racist than the north...it is certainly more on peoples minds here than in the north. For now though, only an uneducated and uninformed person would say that racism has vanished from the South...there is progress though!

We need to impose martial law and take all your flags away. You need to learn to feel white guilt. You're wrong about the South ever being less racist than the North. You people don't even know what white guilt is. We need to take control of your children and your schools and terminate your culture.

[Lorizael]

for some, it's both

Eh. I save my hate for truly awful things, like sand.

[SlowwHand]

The whole premise of the OP is a crock of ****.

[kentonio]

The whole premise of the OP is a crock of ****.

I look forward to you explaining why and refuting the actual study.

[dannubis]

Wouldn't that require reading comprehension ?

[Kidlicious]

No one actually comprehends psychobabble.