Racial Undertones (Atlanta: violent crime, neighborhoods, buyer)

[jillmaican]

The racial undertone, if you can even call it an undertone, on this forum is sad. So far today I've read black people being referred to as "bums", "trash", and what not. I'm suprised at the kind of language that people feel free to use on this forum simply because no one will ever know who they are. And we all know who is being reffered to with your code words... so why not just come right out and say it.

Please note that your P.C. code words (the two examples above not included- those are anything but P.C.) are just as offensive.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by jillmaican

The racial undertone, if you can even call it an undertone, on this forum is sad.

People need to grow up.

[kayrob]

My guess is that its allowed under the guise of free speech and or just opinion. But watch it words that are deemed as attacking an INDIVIDUAL might be deleted. But I know of what and probablt who you speak and feel that ignoring it or letting it pass is about equal to co-signing on it. But on the other hand in all honesty I've only seen it from about a handful of posters and they don't seem to be the most regular of posters. So once you identify them you'd be able to label them and then quarantine them so to speak. I mean we know they're out here and haven't gone anywhere so you just take it and them for what its worth.

[gt6974a]

Originally Posted by jillmaican

The racial undertone, if you can even call it an undertone, on this forum is sad. So far today I've read black people being referred to as "bums", "trash", and what not. I'm suprised at the kind of language that people feel free to use on this forum simply because no one will ever know who they are. And we all know who is being reffered to with your code words... so why not just come right out and say it.

Please note that your P.C. code words (the two examples above not included- those are anything but P.C.) are just as offensive.

..I find this funny

people openly throw out redneck, white trash, hick, etc. all the time, so I'd get over it.

[DoveDiva]

Originally Posted by gt6974a

..I find this funny

people openly throw out redneck, white trash, hick, etc. all the time, so I'd get over it.

That's really easy for you to say...but truth be told the code words used on the site are so obvious. Very nice areas of Atlanta are written off by some simply because it's majority black or latino....all under the guise of "the schools are horrible" when in some cases, that's far from the truth.

[nrgpill]

I see more code speak police here to marginalize legitimate concerns brought up by soon-to-be-metro residents than people actually doing the code speak. It is okay to think that code speak is rampant here but it is also perfectly fine for people to raise concerns and live wherever they please.

I treat this topic like politics and religion even though it has more to do with socio-economics than anything else - secular vs religious, CNN vs FOX, NYT vs WSJ, AJC vs ?????

Originally Posted by DoveDiva

That's really easy for you to say...but truth be told the code words used on the site are so obvious. Very nice areas of Atlanta are written off by some simply because it's majority black or latino....all under the guise of "the schools are horrible" when in some cases, that's far from the truth.

[purplerain]

I definitely agree with the offensive racial comments. I sent a post about a week ago because my husband and I are planning on moving to Atlanta, and I wanted to find out if anyone knew of a nice diversified place to live in Atlanta. The only reason I would like to live in an area with a mix of races and cultures is due to the fact that my kids are interracial, and I just would like to expose them to a variety of different people. That was my first time posting and the reply was so offensive that I told myself that I wouldn't post anything else on this forum, but when I saw this post I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to express myself, but it also made me realize how ignorant some people can be. I don't judge anyone by their cover. We all are human and should be treated as such. This is mainly why the world is the way it is today because of ignorant people. Thanks Jillmaican for starting this post. Not that it will change anything, but maybe it will make people realize when they make comments like that they are being very ignorant, and it doesn't matter what race. If you make ignorant comments you are ignorant, and I will be praying for you whoever you are.

[jillmaican]

Originally Posted by nrgpill

I see more code speak police here to marginalize legitimate concerns brought up by soon-to-be-metro residents than people actually doing the code speak. It is okay to think that code speak is rampant here but it is also perfectly fine for people to raise concerns and live wherever they please.

I treat this topic like politics and religion even though it has more to do with socio-economics than anything else - secular vs religious, CNN vs FOX, NYT vs WSJ, AJC vs ?????

I completely agree that people have every right to ask about neighborhoods, racial make-up of schools etc. That is exactly how I got to this site when I made my move. It makes sense that people would want to know who lives where, so they can decide for themselves if its what they are looking for.

But that was not the point that I was making. My point was that some people, and obvisouly its not everyone, choose to make derogatory comments while beating around the bush. For example I have come to find through my previous posts that moving to West Cobb is a bad idea because the schools here are "horrible" and a lot of "quesitonable people" send their children to school in that area. While in fact the schools in West Cobb are very good. Are they 101% caucasian ? No. But many hard working people black, white and otherwise send their children to school here. And the schools are in no way bad schools.

I had to do some extra research ( which any informed buyer should do) after I visited this site because I got such negative responses to the schools on this side of town. That's just one example. No one used "bums" or "trash" in those particular posts but I got the idea. I do agree that many terms are thrown around here...redneck, hicks etc. I never used those terms and I can't be offended by them because they don't apply to me. But it they did I would have had no problem to post my concern about it. And that is the true beauty of freedom of speech!

[DoveDiva]

Originally Posted by nrgpill

I see more code speak police here to marginalize legitimate concerns brought up by soon-to-be-metro residents than people actually doing the code speak. It is okay to think that code speak is rampant here but it is also perfectly fine for people to raise concerns and live wherever they please.

I treat this topic like politics and religion even though it has more to do with socio-economics than anything else - secular vs religious, CNN vs FOX, NYT vs WSJ, AJC vs ?????

I think it's fine to bring up legitimate concerns...I remember a post a while back where a man posted he wanted an all black high school....and another who said he wanted a majority white neighborhood. That's fine--live where you please!

But when you have others who post things like, "Don't look at such-and-such area, it's going to pot b/c it's not majority white" or something along those lines....come on now. Stuff like that perpetuates the stereotype that the South is this racist hotbed.

[KevK]

Originally Posted by jillmaican

The racial undertone, if you can even call it an undertone, on this forum is sad. So far today I've read black people being referred to as "bums", "trash", and what not. I'm suprised at the kind of language that people feel free to use on this forum simply because no one will ever know who they are. And we all know who is being reffered to with your code words... so why not just come right out and say it.

Please note that your P.C. code words (the two examples above not included- those are anything but P.C.) are just as offensive.

I am not at all prejudiced. I am happily married to a black woman for 10 years now. But let's deal in reality a bit. Not every bum is black and certainly not every black is a bum but the fact is that a very large number are. If you see the urban beggars in downtown, 90% of them are black men. The same can be said for crime. Black males between 16 and 30 are about 5% of the population but they account for a very high percentage of the violent crime. People have good reason to be afraid of them and many other blacks are afraid of them as well. That is not racism but reality.