Is the South racist?

[The Realm of God]

Not so much racist as unduly prejudiced against those from the North and the UK's Celtic nations.

My home country of Scotland is racist towards the English. Ignorance mostly.

[Nordengrund]

I am born and raised in South Carolina and the whites and blacks get along very well here despite our reputation for being a racist state in the past. I am a Confederate loving Caucasian, yet half my friends are black.

[The De Danann Nation]

No,but you are.

[Farnhamia]

I am born and raised in South Carolina and the whites and blacks get along very well here despite our reputation for being a racist state in the past. I am a Confederate loving Caucasian, yet half my friends are black.

Which half?

[The Zeonic States]

Not anymore so then the North although sterotypes go against this.

[Napkiraly]

I am born and raised in South Carolina and the whites and blacks get along very well here despite our reputation for being a racist state in the past. I am a Confederate loving Caucasian, yet half my friends are black.

Which half?

Probably the bottom half, as per usual.

[Rebelillon]

I recently heard of a woman, a black woman, who was beaten to death by the LAPD. This made me wonder, what with the LAPD's history of dealing with minorities, if the South is actually as racist as people say it is. I mean, this is Los Angeles, not exactly Atlanta or Birmingham. When do you hear about women being kicked in the crotch and bloodied by the people who are supposed to uphold the law in the infamously racist South? From those who have been there (I haven't), is the South any more racist than the rest of the United States?

California Isnt considered a Southern State Back in The Cival War its Land Was Part of Texas but that was well over 200the years ago

The Real South is No More Raceist then Any other part of the country or world

[Nordengrund]

Being a resident of South Carolina (albeit I must admit not for a long time), my experience with people in general here is that it's not the fact that they're necessarily racist, it's that they haven't been exposed to a lot of foreign customs or religions. Take Judaism for example; not many people in my area of South Carolina have ever met a Jewish person before, so when they find out I myself am Jewish, they're innocently interested in it. They'll ask a lot of borderline questions that might seem like racism and antisemitism, but most of the time as I said before, it's just their lack of exposure.

I agree to this. I am a native born South Carolinian. Though I am a devout Christian, I love the Jews and hold nothing against them. There are even Muslims and Buddhists where I go to school at and I see no prejudism. I will question another person's beliefs or religions not because I am trying to disprove them, but because I am interested in it and want to know more.

[Farnhamia]

I recently heard of a woman, a black woman, who was beaten to death by the LAPD. This made me wonder, what with the LAPD's history of dealing with minorities, if the South is actually as racist as people say it is. I mean, this is Los Angeles, not exactly Atlanta or Birmingham. When do you hear about women being kicked in the crotch and bloodied by the people who are supposed to uphold the law in the infamously racist South? From those who have been there (I haven't), is the South any more racist than the rest of the United States?

California Isnt considered a Southern State Back in The Cival War its Land Was Part of Texas but that was well over 200the years ago

The Real South is No More Raceist then Any other part of the country or world

Uhm ... During the Civil War California was a Union state. Nothing to do with Texas. And the war started 150 years ago last year, not over 200 years ago.

[Nordengrund]

Which half?

Probably the bottom half, as per usual.

It is not a literal half, but I tend to have more black friends then any other race.

[Tagmatium]

Probably the bottom half, as per usual.

It is not a literal half, but I tend to have more black friends then any other race.

"I've got black friends, but..."

[Cameroi]

to be fair, racial extremists are the exception. its the smiling corporate faces that stab everyone in the back, regardless of ethnic origin.
(but racial extremists do still lurk, everywhere. they seem to think descendents of the european invasion of that began a little over 4 centuries ago, have, by some twisted logic, a greater right to call the western hemisphere their home, then anyone who arrived in any other way, at any other time. logically this is complete nonsense. euro-americans are just as much hyphinated as afro-americans or asian americans, and by any reasonable logic, have LESS claim to america, then mexican americans and other western hemisphere indiginous cultures, who's families have lived in the western hemisphere for ten THOUSAND years).

[Nordengrund]

From what I heard the North is more racist than the South these days.

[Tagmatium]

to be fair, racial extremists are the exception. its the smiling corporate faces that stab everyone in the back, regardless of ethnic origin.
(but racial extremists do still lurk, everywhere. they seem to think descendents of the european invasion of that began a little over 4 centuries ago, have, by some twisted logic, a greater right to call the western hemisphere their home, then anyone who arrived in any other way, at any other time. logically this is complete nonsense. euro-americans are just as much hyphinated as afro-americans or asian americans, and by any reasonable logic, have LESS claim to america, then mexican americans and other western hemisphere indiginous cultures, who's families have lived in the western hemisphere for ten THOUSAND years).

Do you get tired, stepping on that soapbox so often?

[Farnhamia]

From what I heard the North is more racist than the South these days.

That so? Where'd you hear that?

[The Rich Port]

to be fair, racial extremists are the exception. its the smiling corporate faces that stab everyone in the back, regardless of ethnic origin.
(but racial extremists do still lurk, everywhere. they seem to think descendents of the european invasion of that began a little over 4 centuries ago, have, by some twisted logic, a greater right to call the western hemisphere their home, then anyone who arrived in any other way, at any other time. logically this is complete nonsense. euro-americans are just as much hyphinated as afro-americans or asian americans, and by any reasonable logic, have LESS claim to america, then mexican americans and other western hemisphere indiginous cultures, who's families have lived in the western hemisphere for ten THOUSAND years).

Do you get tired, stepping on that soapbox so often?

IKR?

He could just sit on it.

[Farnhamia]

Do you get tired, stepping on that soapbox so often?

IKR?

He could just sit on it.

That wasn't going to be my suggestion but it'll do.

[Nordengrund]

From what I heard the North is more racist than the South these days.

That so? Where'd you hear that?

My dad, he is from the North.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

I hate these god damned threads. I hate them.

Every state in the Union has racism. It is the rare person that isn't at least slightly racist. Yes, some Southerners are racist, just like some New Yorkers, Californians, and Montanans. Need I remind anyone that the NSM is based in Michigan?

Maybe (could still linger from the ancestors in the Civil War)

What the fuck does the "civil war" have to do with racism?

Oh, you mean when the New Yorkers killed more than one hundred blacks in a riot, specifically targeting them?

[Vermmeria]

No. An entire half of the USA cannot be labelled racist. It is not entirely populated by members of the KKK, so it is not racist

[Farnhamia]

That so? Where'd you hear that?

My dad, he is from the North.

Oh, well, your dad. Good enough for me.

[Vermmeria]

That so? Where'd you hear that?

My dad, he is from the North.

Then it must be true

[Prussia-Steinbach]

No. An entire half of the USA cannot be labelled racist. It is not entirely populated by members of the KKK, so it is not racist

The Klan is actually more active and large in the Midwest than the South.

[Tagmatium]

IKR?

He could just sit on it.

That wasn't going to be my suggestion but it'll do.

I'd say he'll get bored, but he's been doing it for years, so...

*shrugs*

[Yumyumsuppertime]

There are still racist enclaves in the South (my Mother was born and raised in one), but by and large, I haven't noticed it. However, the racists that they do have tend to be rather open about it.

To be fair, though, the most prominent racist organization of the 80s and 90s (White Aryan Resistance, or WAR) was founded in Fallbrook, not too far from my hometown of San Diego.