Chicago (Lincoln: design, office, racism)

[Drover]

Yep. Knew you couldn't do it.

[Irishtom29]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

It is not socially acceptable or normal to display racist behavior in MOST of Chicagoland. In fact, doing so would probably get you cast out from any social group--or might even get you in a physical altercation.

I get the impression that with many bourgeois not being racist is more a matter of manners than principle. Besides, if you're in a position to be bigoted based on class and income it's more gratifying than being bigoted based on race.

[CarolinaBredChicagoan]

Originally Posted by notoverhere

Racism comment got you huh, ok, be a child. Parce que, en fin de compte, vous êtes un enfant, d'accord connard?
I guess I should be grateful from some as knowledgeable as you right, hey 3000+ posts, "Got Life?". I guess I should act like this on this board When in Rome and all.

*sigh*

Who are you even talking to, buddy?

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

I get the impression that with many bourgeois not being racist is more a matter of manners than principle. Besides, if you're in a position to be bigoted based on class and income it's more gratifying than being bigoted based on race.

Or perhaps we have just progressed as a society? I was in elementary school in the 80s, and we were taught that Martin Luther King Jr. was a hero. Most people of my generation (I'm in my mid-thirties) were raised to believe that racism is wrong, though many learned otherwise from their racist parents--or from just living in a society where racism lingers in popular culture and institutions.

[surlycue]

^^WTF does that have to do with anything?

It was deleted because it is off topic.

[Irishtom29]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

Or perhaps we have just progressed as a society?

Yes, there's that too, no doubt.

[OyCrumbler]

If it helps you out to have company, I'll vouch that there's plenty of racism in NYC (where I live now) and LA (where I grew up). Racism for everyone!

[JoeyPants]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

To be fair, NYrules lives in the south suburbs, and they are probably the most racist region of Chicago. The only overt racism I've ever heard in my many years here has been from south suburbanites, former south siders, and northwest siders. And they were either working class or just removed from the working class by one generation. It is not socially acceptable or normal to display racist behavior in MOST of Chicagoland. In fact, doing so would probably get you cast out from any social group--or might even get you in a physical altercation.

Apparently this forum is one of places where you can display racism. I've read dozens of racists comments from numerous people, some subtle, some not so subtle. I will agree that southsiders tend to be more blatantly racist, whereas northsiders display it more subtly. Sometimes I prefer the outright racists to the polished racist, at least you know where they stand.

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by nanannie

Isnt this new three post guy the original poster reincarnated ?

Possibly. More than likely it is someone the OP knows. A plant so to speak.

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by notoverhere

Racism comment got you huh, ok, be a child. Parce que, en fin de compte, vous êtes un enfant, d'accord connard?...

Speak English. Frenchie.