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No disrespect to you " my friend is black " is hilariousMy family and I are going to Mississippi for Christmas to visit and stay with family. I have a 11 yr old black kid who I have taken in, and treat like a son. I am honestly worried about him hearing or family saying something I don't like. They are mostly all racist Reilly coopers in tenn , Alabama , Mississippi , and georgia areas. Smile to your face call you a n***** to your back. Never not met a racist there. I spent half of my childhood there.
I'm not defending Alabama, but come on that's a little extreme. I live in Tennessee and work in North Georgia, and sure there are racists in Tennessee and in Georgia, but to say "They are mostly all racist Reilly coopers in tenn , Alabama , Mississippi , and georgia areas" is ignorant and stupid. I'd say there are as many racists in Miami. A lot of the Cuban-Americans I grew up with were as racist or more racist than people I know here. Yes there are racists here, but it's not 1960. Maybe out in the middle of nowhere, but go to the cities, and the college campuses and that stuff is not rampant. It exists, and Ole Miss can be bad, and I won't defend them, but to make blanket statements like that is wrong. Sorry, you're acting ignorant. And, I'm not a "Southerner." I was born in Maryland, and grew up in Miami, but have lived in New Orleans, Tallahassee, Chattanooga, as well as Baltimore and Miami, and honestly, Miami and Baltimore were the 2 most racist cities I lived in.
Ignorant is saying they are all racist. Lived in Alabama and miss area for 7-8 yrs of mylife , and I go back annually. I am primarily from a college town. It is a tri city area in Alabama.
A few questions for you
1. Are you black or white
2 if you are white ,are most of your relationships mostly business? If so that explains your experience.
I can say with complete confidence, that I can not think of anyone I have met in that area that don't refer to blacks as n***ers , when in a comfortable setting. ,
Now it has gotten better but most are still racist in the bama/miss area. Guess I can't speak for tenn/ ga.
And what was said was all of Tenn and GA (as well as MS and AL). I am white, but I teach African-American History at the college level. Because of that I was asked to be and serve as a board member of the local chapter of the NAACP in the town where I teach. I am involved in the political scence in the city where I live. I am well versed in race relations here. It's not perfect at all, and I won't for one second pretend to know what it's like to be an African-American living here, or anywhere in the South, or anywhere in the US for that matter. But I stand by what I said above. There is as much racism in Miami as there is in Chattanooga. There is as much racism in Baltimore as there is in Atlanta. Not every person in Tennessee or GA is Riley Copper. That was what I was responding to. I've never lived in MS or AL, so I won't (and didn't) speak to that.
Lastly, trust me, I see racism, and deal with it from some of my white students when I teach about the civil rights movement. I had a student bring in her "brother's" KKK handbook. But that's not the entire population, and she was from a small rural mountain community an hour away from the school. I'm not blind, trust me, I know racism exists, and I know it's not always people like Riley Cooper being blatant about it. Sometimes the worst racists are the ones who don't know or dont't think they're being racist. "I'm not racist, I have a black friend." Anyway, my whole point was, blanket generalizations on both sides are ignorant.
Oh, and I was called "the black professor" and on rate my professor it actually says that I hate white people.
My family and I are going to Mississippi for Christmas to visit and stay with family. I have a 11 yr old black kid who I have taken in, and treat like a son. I am honestly worried about him hearing or family saying something I don't like. They are mostly all racist Reilly coopers in tenn , Alabama , Mississippi , and georgia areas. Smile to your face call you a n***** to your back. Never not met a racist there. I spent half of my childhood there.
I'm not defending Alabama, but come on that's a little extreme. I live in Tennessee and work in North Georgia, and sure there are racists in Tennessee and in Georgia, but to say "They are mostly all racist Reilly coopers in tenn , Alabama , Mississippi , and georgia areas" is ignorant and stupid. I'd say there are as many racists in Miami. A lot of the Cuban-Americans I grew up with were as racist or more racist than people I know here. Yes there are racists here, but it's not 1960. Maybe out in the middle of nowhere, but go to the cities, and the college campuses and that stuff is not rampant. It exists, and Ole Miss can be bad, and I won't defend them, but to make blanket statements like that is wrong. Sorry, you're acting ignorant. And, I'm not a "Southerner." I was born in Maryland, and grew up in Miami, but have lived in New Orleans, Tallahassee, Chattanooga, as well as Baltimore and Miami, and honestly, Miami and Baltimore were the 2 most racist cities I lived in.
Ignorant is saying they are all racist. Lived in Alabama and miss area for 7-8 yrs of mylife , and I go back annually. I am primarily from a college town. It is a tri city area in Alabama.
A few questions for you
1. Are you black or white
2 if you are white ,are most of your relationships mostly business? If so that explains your experience.
I can say with complete confidence, that I can not think of anyone I have met in that area that don't refer to blacks as n***ers , when in a comfortable setting. ,
Now it has gotten better but most are still racist in the bama/miss area. Guess I can't speak for tenn/ ga.
My family and I are going to Mississippi for Christmas to visit and stay with family. I have a 11 yr old black kid who I have taken in, and treat like a son. I am honestly worried about him hearing or family saying something I don't like. They are mostly all racist Reilly coopers in tenn , Alabama , Mississippi , and georgia areas. Smile to your face call you a n***** to your back. Never not met a racist there. I spent half of my childhood there.
I'm not defending Alabama, but come on that's a little extreme. I live in Tennessee and work in North Georgia, and sure there are racists in Tennessee and in Georgia, but to say "They are mostly all racist Reilly coopers in tenn , Alabama , Mississippi , and georgia areas" is ignorant and stupid. I'd say there are as many racists in Miami. A lot of the Cuban-Americans I grew up with were as racist or more racist than people I know here. Yes there are racists here, but it's not 1960. Maybe out in the middle of nowhere, but go to the cities, and the college campuses and that stuff is not rampant. It exists, and Ole Miss can be bad, and I won't defend them, but to make blanket statements like that is wrong. Sorry, you're acting ignorant. And, I'm not a "Southerner." I was born in Maryland, and grew up in Miami, but have lived in New Orleans, Tallahassee, Chattanooga, as well as Baltimore and Miami, and honestly, Miami and Baltimore were the 2 most racist cities I lived in.
Ignorant is saying they are all racist. Lived in Alabama and miss area for 7-8 yrs of mylife , and I go back annually. I am primarily from a college town. It is a tri city area in Alabama.
A few questions for you
1. Are you black or white
2 if you are white ,are most of your relationships mostly business? If so that explains your experience.
I can say with complete confidence, that I can not think of anyone I have met in that area that don't refer to blacks as n***ers , when in a comfortable setting. ,
Now it has gotten better but most are still racist in the bama/miss area. Guess I can't speak for tenn/ ga.
My family and I are going to Mississippi for Christmas to visit and stay with family. I have a 11 yr old black kid who I have taken in, and treat like a son. I am honestly worried about him hearing or family saying something I don't like. They are mostly all racist Reilly coopers in tenn , Alabama , Mississippi , and georgia areas. Smile to your face call you a n***** to your back. Never not met a racist there. I spent half of my childhood there.
I'm not defending Alabama, but come on that's a little extreme. I live in Tennessee and work in North Georgia, and sure there are racists in Tennessee and in Georgia, but to say "They are mostly all racist Reilly coopers in tenn , Alabama , Mississippi , and georgia areas" is ignorant and stupid. I'd say there are as many racists in Miami. A lot of the Cuban-Americans I grew up with were as racist or more racist than people I know here. Yes there are racists here, but it's not 1960. Maybe out in the middle of nowhere, but go to the cities, and the college campuses and that stuff is not rampant. It exists, and Ole Miss can be bad, and I won't defend them, but to make blanket statements like that is wrong. Sorry, you're acting ignorant. And, I'm not a "Southerner." I was born in Maryland, and grew up in Miami, but have lived in New Orleans, Tallahassee, Chattanooga, as well as Baltimore and Miami, and honestly, Miami and Baltimore were the 2 most racist cities I lived in.
Ignorant is saying they are all racist. Lived in Alabama and miss area for 7-8 yrs of mylife , and I go back annually. I am primarily from a college town. It is a tri city area in Alabama.
A few questions for you
1. Are you black or white
2 if you are white ,are most of your relationships mostly business? If so that explains your experience.
I can say with complete confidence, that I can not think of anyone I have met in that area that don't refer to blacks as n***ers , when in a comfortable setting. ,
Now it has gotten better but most are still racist in the bama/miss area. Guess I can't speak for tenn/ ga.
Grew up in SC (white)
Miami for grad school
Lived in Tampa
Nashville
Tallahassee now
From my own honest experience,
School at Miami really opened my eyes to diversity. I wasn't treated differently for having a hick accent and being white even though it would have been very easy for my classmates. It is hard to describe how wonderfully accepting everyone at miami is when you step on campus. I get a little emotional still. I knew no one and truly for the first time was different than most everyone. It really is a colorblind family.
As to Southern states I've lived, if I was to describe,
SC has racism but not as much as you'd think and it's gotten better. The "n" bomb isn't tolerated now...mostly. Majority of people get along but are pretty self-separated.
Tennessee, outside cities and especially SW parts...oh lawd. I'd say at best, whites and blacks tolerate each other
Tallahassee, everyone seems to live w and get along w everyone...that stays within city limits though
My family and I are going to Mississippi for Christmas to visit and stay with family. I have a 11 yr old black kid who I have taken in, and treat like a son. I am honestly worried about him hearing or family saying something I don't like. They are mostly all racist Reilly coopers in tenn , Alabama , Mississippi , and georgia areas. Smile to your face call you a n***** to your back. Never not met a racist there. I spent half of my childhood there.
I could have sworn that the tolerant, enlightened members of the NYPD just settled another profiling lawsuit for detaining a black man and accusing him of fraudulently using a credit card when he had done nothing wrong and they had no reason to suspect he had.
I find most of the people that claim Alabama is so bad have never been there.
Been there. Been to most of the South. I think nearly 40 states actually. There is racism in every single state, every single city, every single town in America. Boston is pretty bad, IMO as a Northern example.
But anyone who says its not far, far worse in the South is lying. There is a facade of tolerance that's promoted, but you get a bunch of white people alone, god forbid they have a few beers in them... truth comes out. Not everyone, but a **** of a lot more than most everywhere else. I mean, there are members of this site that in their lifetimes, we're legally entitled to make a black person get up out of a seat on a bus. Use a different water fountain. Be banned from certain businesses based on color.
This is not 200 years ago! This is less than 50 years ago.
I agree.
No disrespect to those on the board, I would never intentionally go to Alabama. It is part of a bunch of places where I would never go in this country. But to say that all places are the same, is not fair because it is simply not true. No one is denying that racism doesn't occur in every city but to say NYC is even similar to Bama is insane.
To be clear, I'm not saying they are similar. I live in NYC. Its certainly one of the least racist places in America. That said, there is racism everywhere. The NYPD story earlier in this thread for instance. My point was while there is racism everywhere, its 10x worse in the deep South.
I could have sworn that the tolerant, enlightened members of the NYPD just settled another profiling lawsuit for detaining a black man and accusing him of fraudulently using a credit card when he had done nothing wrong and they had no reason to suspect he had.
I find most of the people that claim Alabama is so bad have never been there.
Been there. Been to most of the South. I think nearly 40 states actually. There is racism in every single state, every single city, every single town in America. Boston is pretty bad, IMO as a Northern example.
But anyone who says its not far, far worse in the South is lying. There is a facade of tolerance that's promoted, but you get a bunch of white people alone, god forbid they have a few beers in them... truth comes out. Not everyone, but a **** of a lot more than most everywhere else. I mean, there are members of this site that in their lifetimes, we're legally entitled to make a black person get up out of a seat on a bus. Use a different water fountain. Be banned from certain businesses based on color.
This is not 200 years ago! This is less than 50 years ago.
Typical yankee, liberal, elitist bull****
Yep... like a mouse to the cheese, here they come! So Scuba... If you can put together a full sentence and not just a string of words... What part of my post did you disagree with, kind sir?
My family and I are going to Mississippi for Christmas to visit and stay with family. I have a 11 yr old black kid who I have taken in, and treat like a son. I am honestly worried about him hearing or family saying something I don't like. They are mostly all racist Reilly coopers in tenn , Alabama , Mississippi , and georgia areas. Smile to your face call you a n***** to your back. Never not met a racist there. I spent half of my childhood there.
I'm not defending Alabama, but come on that's a little extreme. I live in Tennessee and work in North Georgia, and sure there are racists in Tennessee and in Georgia, but to say "They are mostly all racist Reilly coopers in tenn , Alabama , Mississippi , and georgia areas" is ignorant and stupid. I'd say there are as many racists in Miami. A lot of the Cuban-Americans I grew up with were as racist or more racist than people I know here. Yes there are racists here, but it's not 1960. Maybe out in the middle of nowhere, but go to the cities, and the college campuses and that stuff is not rampant. It exists, and Ole Miss can be bad, and I won't defend them, but to make blanket statements like that is wrong. Sorry, you're acting ignorant. And, I'm not a "Southerner." I was born in Maryland, and grew up in Miami, but have lived in New Orleans, Tallahassee, Chattanooga, as well as Baltimore and Miami, and honestly, Miami and Baltimore were the 2 most racist cities I lived in.
Ignorant is saying they are all racist. Lived in Alabama and miss area for 7-8 yrs of mylife , and I go back annually. I am primarily from a college town. It is a tri city area in Alabama.
A few questions for you
1. Are you black or white
2 if you are white ,are most of your relationships mostly business? If so that explains your experience.
I can say with complete confidence, that I can not think of anyone I have met in that area that don't refer to blacks as n***ers , when in a comfortable setting. ,
Now it has gotten better but most are still racist in the bama/miss area. Guess I can't speak for tenn/ ga.
Grew up in SC (white)
Miami for grad school
Lived in Tampa
Nashville
Tallahassee now
From my own honest experience,
School at Miami really opened my eyes to diversity. I wasn't treated differently for having a hick accent and being white even though it would have been very easy for my classmates. It is hard to describe how wonderfully accepting everyone at miami is when you step on campus. I get a little emotional still. I knew no one and truly for the first time was different than most everyone. It really is a colorblind family.
As to Southern states I've lived, if I was to describe,
SC has racism but not as much as you'd think and it's gotten better. The "n" bomb isn't tolerated now...mostly. Majority of people get along but are pretty self-separated.
Tennessee, outside cities and especially SW parts...oh lawd. I'd say at best, whites and blacks tolerate each other
Tallahassee, everyone seems to live w and get along w everyone...that stays within city limits though
miami used to be a lot like your typical southern town but obviously things have changed. there really is no place as diverse and racially tolerant as miami in the entire country in my view. there are a lot of messed up things about the politics of this place for sure but people of different races and cultures really do co-exist here in a way is unique.
the history of Alabama and Mississippi alone should be a major factor in the discussion for kids from outside the deep south,.
I'm not defending Alabama, but come on that's a little extreme. I live in Tennessee and work in North Georgia, and sure there are racists in Tennessee and in Georgia, but to say "They are mostly all racist Reilly coopers in tenn , Alabama , Mississippi , and georgia areas" is ignorant and stupid. I'd say there are as many racists in Miami. A lot of the Cuban-Americans I grew up with were as racist or more racist than people I know here. Yes there are racists here, but it's not 1960. Maybe out in the middle of nowhere, but go to the cities, and the college campuses and that stuff is not rampant. It exists, and Ole Miss can be bad, and I won't defend them, but to make blanket statements like that is wrong. Sorry, you're acting ignorant. And, I'm not a "Southerner." I was born in Maryland, and grew up in Miami, but have lived in New Orleans, Tallahassee, Chattanooga, as well as Baltimore and Miami, and honestly, Miami and Baltimore were the 2 most racist cities I lived in.
Ignorant is saying they are all racist. Lived in Alabama and miss area for 7-8 yrs of mylife , and I go back annually. I am primarily from a college town. It is a tri city area in Alabama.
A few questions for you
1. Are you black or white
2 if you are white ,are most of your relationships mostly business? If so that explains your experience.
I can say with complete confidence, that I can not think of anyone I have met in that area that don't refer to blacks as n***ers , when in a comfortable setting. ,
Now it has gotten better but most are still racist in the bama/miss area. Guess I can't speak for tenn/ ga.
Grew up in SC (white)
Miami for grad school
Lived in Tampa
Nashville
Tallahassee now
From my own honest experience,
School at Miami really opened my eyes to diversity. I wasn't treated differently for having a hick accent and being white even though it would have been very easy for my classmates. It is hard to describe how wonderfully accepting everyone at miami is when you step on campus. I get a little emotional still. I knew no one and truly for the first time was different than most everyone. It really is a colorblind family.
As to Southern states I've lived, if I was to describe,
SC has racism but not as much as you'd think and it's gotten better. The "n" bomb isn't tolerated now...mostly. Majority of people get along but are pretty self-separated.
Tennessee, outside cities and especially SW parts...oh lawd. I'd say at best, whites and blacks tolerate each other
Tallahassee, everyone seems to live w and get along w everyone...that stays within city limits though
miami used to be a lot like your typical southern town but obviously things have changed. there really is no place as diverse and racially tolerant as miami in the entire country in my view. there are a lot of messed up things about the politics of this place for sure but people of different races and cultures really do co-exist here in a way is unique.
the history of Alabama and Mississippi alone should be a major factor in the discussion for kids from outside the deep south,.
Big problem with that logic is thinking the racism comes just from Southerners. I'm sorry to say in Miami, the most racist people I've met have been Cuban-Americans. That's not to say all, and I know it's not all, but a lot of the Cuban-Americans I grew up around and were friends with in high school were pretty **** racist.
If you dig, I'm sure you can find similar about just about any institution in the south aside from HBCU's. Every school was prejudiced/racist once upon a time (us included). Some fought harder to keep their racist ways, and some are far more overt and less receptive to change even today, but no matter where you go you will find some prejudiced and/or outright racist people. That includes the most liberal northeast colleges.
I understand why a kid plays there. He's following top coaching. This is 4-5 yrs of his life to put him on a path to make millions. Why not go where there is the greatest exposure.
As a black dude myself, I have no problem with a kid going to play there. **** if everyone had the, "They're racist so why bother" attitude, there would be no progress anywhere.
Bomb is a nice example of what consistent white guilt looks like.
Nah. I'm a ***. My people have been kicked out of the majority of the decent civilizations over the last 3000 years. And those are the good times. The bad times are genocide. I'm just not a bigot. I don't care what color, ***, orientation, country, or whatever. All I care is if Someone is good people or not. And I SMH at anyone stupid or backwards enough to pre-judge a person or still be bigoted in this day and age. But its cool. Their kids and grandkids will shake their heads too when they think back at the POS they came from.
I ask this question in the barber shop every week. It's a **** shame.
I'm no Jesse Jackson, but **** I would love to see just 1 5* big time recruit come out and say. You know what "I was considering Alabama but after doing some research and finding out how racist the majority of the student body is, i decided not to attend an institution with that type of reputation".
I mean **** 13 mythical National titles on the sweat of blacks and whites alike and off the field they still cant get it right. And ppl thought Phillip Sims would get a fair shake there lol. Granted he SUCKS but he was never going to be given a chance anyways.
Bomb is a nice example of what consistent white guilt looks like.
Nah. I'm a ***. My people have been kicked out of the majority of the decent civilizations over the last 3000 years. And those are the good times. The bad times are genocide. I'm just not a bigot. I don't care what color, ***, orientation, country, or whatever. All I care is if Someone is good people or not. And I SMH at anyone stupid or backwards enough to pre-judge a person or still be bigoted in this day and age. But its cool. Their kids and grandkids will shake their heads too when they think back at the POS they came from.
ever wonder why they were kicked out of so many places?