Is the South racist?

[Russograd]

I live in Tennessee... I can defiantly tell you, there are racists, but they're will be racists anywhere you go, not just in the south. The whole racist south stereotype is offensive and degrading.

[Tagmatium]

They will. But if you dare try to order at McDonalds in English, they call you a "gringo puta" and get the manager. True fucking story.

Just tell them, "Tu madre y el burro que dice es su padre, ahora tráeme un maldito Big Mac y hazlo rápido."

You need an "Arriba!" in there.

[Death Metal]

They will. But if you dare try to order at McDonalds in English, they call you a "gringo puta" and get the manager. True fucking story.

Just tell them, "Tu madre y el burro que dice es su padre, ahora tráeme un maldito Big Mac y hazlo rápido."

No, I just tell them "I forgive you"

[New Rogernomics]

Just tell them, "Tu madre y el burro que dice es su padre, ahora tráeme un maldito Big Mac y hazlo rápido."

You need an "Arriba!" in there.

Actually it is easier to just point to a menu item, I do that sometimes.

[Farnhamia]

Just tell them, "Tu madre y el burro que dice es su padre, ahora tráeme un maldito Big Mac y hazlo rápido."

No, I just tell them "I forgive you"

Always the bigger person, you are. I feel ashamed. <pause> Okay, that's over. Yeah, Tagmatium, "Arriba!"

[Farnhamia]

You need an "Arriba!" in there.

Actually it is easier to just point to a menu item, I do that sometimes.

You're a foreigner, they wouldn't understand what you said anyway.

[New Rogernomics]

Actually it is easier to just point to a menu item, I do that sometimes.

You're a foreigner, they wouldn't understand what you said anyway.

I would be able to speak English, because of that; 'American English' speakers would get the the grief; or I could just confuse the hell out of the place by using my rusty French or Italian.

[Nationstatelandsville]

Some people, a lot more than elsewhere, but I wouldn't say most people are dangerously so.

[Tagmatium]

You're a foreigner, they wouldn't understand what you said anyway.

I would be able to speak English, because of that; 'American English' speakers would get the the grief; or I could just confuse the hell out of the place by using my rusty French or Italian.

Nah, by and large it just seems you'll get congratulated on having learned English well.

[New Rogernomics]

I would be able to speak English, because of that; 'American English' speakers would get the the grief; or I could just confuse the hell out of the place by using my rusty French or Italian.

Nah, by and large it just seems you'll get congratulated on having learned English well.

Well generally I would just go on about how I would like to visit Mexico some day, and discuss how many Americans can't handle spicy food. I can eat a whole jar of chilli peppers or jalapeños by themselves, just need a single glass of water to wash it down.

[Carsantania]

Racism exists anywhere you have minorities. For instance, I'm a Caucasian living in a Virginian community with a high concentration of African-Americans. I can't walk around the block without getting glared at, and if I walk down to Wal-Mart I will inevitably hear something along the lines of "Keep walkin', bitch, get yo' white ass outa' here." (Actual quote.)

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

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

There simply isn't enough facepalm on the internet for that comment, so I will simply provide the original.

[Corporate Councils]

As someone who lived in the urban South for a long time (just outside of Atlanta) I never noticed a lot of racism. Looking back, I might have been too young to have noticed some of it, but I never heard any derogatory jokes and never saw any of my black friends being disrespected on the basis of race (again from the perspective of a 13-year-old, I might have been too naïve to notice).

However, when I moved to a very white suburb in Iowa I was confronted with a casual use of racial slurs and more racial jokes in my 14th year than the rest of them combined. I suspect that part of it comes from the fact that where I lived was 97% white where nobody is around to be properly offended at such jokes (I was offended, but if there is anything white people like, it's being offended for others).

Now that I've lived in a few more states in the Midwest and visited more of the rural South, I've noticed that open racism isn't really present in the urban South. In Atlanta, everyone hates you, but it's because you're on the road not because of your race, religion, or creed; however, hit up a few small towns in rural Georgia as a black man and hit on some young white women and see what happens. Same thing with the small town Midwest, especially in the more southern reaches of it, like Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. You're going to find that racism isn't necessarily celebrated, but it's also not seen as a character flaw around these parts.

Turns out that people can be shitheads no matter where they live, it just so happens that it's easier to openly be a shithead in certain places.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

No. Dont be stereotypical about the South.

[Tagmatium]

Nah, by and large it just seems you'll get congratulated on having learned English well.

Well generally I would just go on about how I would like to visit Mexico some day, and discuss how many Americans can't handle spicy food. I can eat a whole jar of chilli peppers or jalapeños by themselves, just need a single glass of water to wash it down.

Oh, no!

Jalapeños!

May God help us all!

[New Rogernomics]

Well generally I would just go on about how I would like to visit Mexico some day, and discuss how many Americans can't handle spicy food. I can eat a whole jar of chilli peppers or jalapeños by themselves, just need a single glass of water to wash it down.

Oh, no!

Jalapeños!

May God help us all!

Too late, *eats god* who is a chocolate cake with cream on the side. *num num num*

[Nordengrund]

I have seen very little prejudism down here in South Carolina except when it comes to homosexuality. Yes, South Carolina is still prejudice, but only when it comes to homosexuals.

[Tagmatium]

Oh, no!

Jalapeños!

May God help us all!

Too late, *eats god* who is a chocolate cake with cream on the side. *num num num*

Please, won't you think of the children!?

Lord knows, they might face the sheer heat that is Indian food!

*breaks down in tears*

[Aidannadia]

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

Also a bit of those coming cross the border and those who were slaves as well. I live in louisiana. I experience people and their jokes alot.

[The Rich Port]

I have seen very little prejudism down here in South Carolina except when it comes to homosexuality. Yes, South Carolina is still prejudice, but only when it comes to homosexuals.

... Commendable.

Not really.

[Farnhamia]

Well generally I would just go on about how I would like to visit Mexico some day, and discuss how many Americans can't handle spicy food. I can eat a whole jar of chilli peppers or jalapeños by themselves, just need a single glass of water to wash it down.

Oh, no!

Jalapeños!

May God help us all!

Meh. Jalapeños are in the 3,500 to 8,000 range on the Scoville scale. Habaneros, now, those are in the 100,000 to 350,000 range.

[Tagmatium]

Oh, no!

Jalapeños!

May God help us all!

Meh. Jalapeños are in the 3,500 to 8,000 range on the Scoville scale. Habaneros, now, those are in the 100,000 to 350,000 range.

Those... those would have me cowering in my bed and weeping quietly at the mere suggestion that I ought to eat them.

[New Rogernomics]

Oh, no!

Jalapeños!

May God help us all!

Meh. Jalapeños are in the 3,500 to 8,000 range on the Scoville scale. Habaneros, now, those are in the 100,000 to 350,000 range.

I know, but when I was in D.C. most of the restaurants around there had no spice on their menus whatsoever; Mexican without spice...horrifying.

[Aidannadia]

I have seen very little prejudism down here in South Carolina except when it comes to homosexuality. Yes, South Carolina is still prejudice, but only when it comes to homosexuals.

... Commendable.

Not really.

*agrees with white color*
*realizes that could be racist*

[The Rich Port]

... Commendable.

Not really.

*agrees with white color*
*realizes that could be racist*

Remember: it's not racist if it's true.

[Sailsia]

Anyone who thinks the south is more racist should read up on Dr. King Jr.'s marches in Chicago. At the end of the day, a fair number of humans are racists. Regardless of religion, culture, location, you will ALWAYS find people who by nature dislike others who aren't similar to them. (or you'll find those who are easy to sway and will believe anything you say. Whether this be "hip hopers" or Jews or Muslims)