Agree or disagree: The least racist part of America is the West Coast. (Clinton, Indiana)

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by DANNYY

No the West Coast is the most integrated region of the country, and nothing racist has ever come to be from the West Coast. I definitely agree with the original poster!! The West Coast is the Best Coast, where people are happily intertwined in their lives not involving racism for sure.

Originally Posted by jordandubreil

sarcasm?

must be.

Two words come to mind the most

Rodney and King

[DANNYY]

Originally Posted by jordandubreil

sarcasm?

Well we have to think about it this way though, the racist Civil War involved the North (Midwest + Northeast) & The South, not the Western United States. The West definitely has no history of racism like the way the "North" & "South" do at least. The Northeast & Midwest by every map I have seen of the latest demographics are the most segregated regions in the country, racism must be a cause for that surely.

I cant think of anything historically significant happening that even gives the West a "racist" image. Then again, I'm not the one known to be the history buff here.

[DubbleT]

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[beenhereandthere]

One of the reasons, why I posted this ?,: I've had other blacks, coming from back East that have told me, at least in the PNW, that they stay out here since the racism in their experiences, isn't as toxic as back East.

[LakeShoreSoxGo]

Disagree. California especially so-cal has a huge white power movement. Blacks and mexicans can't get along in LA. Asains are victims of black crime but they will shoot a loud unarmed patron who is not stealing . Persians in LA funking with mexicans and asians. Rodeny King, Oscar Grant, watts riots, king riots, Oakland riots. The west coast, with California in particular is a ticking time bomb.

[NatashaH]

Originally Posted by DANNYY

Well we have to think about it this way though, the racist Civil War involved the North (Midwest + Northeast) & The South, not the Western United States. The West definitely has no history of racism like the way the "North" & "South" do at least. The Northeast & Midwest by every map I have seen of the latest demographics are the most segregated regions in the country, racism must be a cause for that surely.

I cant think of anything historically significant happening that even gives the West a "racist" image. Then again, I'm not the one known to be the history buff here.

Really?
Oscar Grant
Rodney King
Watts riots
Zoot suit riots
Seattle riot of 1886
Chinese massacre of 1871
Interment of the Japanese
Washington, California and Oregon all had Jim crow laws.

and that's just from the top of my head.

[beenhereandthere]

Originally Posted by NatashaH

Really?
Oscar Grant
Rodney King
Watts riots
Zoot suit riots
Seattle riot of 1886
Chinese massacre of 1871
Interment of the Japanese
Washington, California and Oregon all had Jim crow laws.

and that's just from the top of my head.

No hangings or Lynchings and Bull Connor though.....
again didn't say the West Coast was NOT racist....but said likely the LEAST racist.

[garmin239]

Originally Posted by jordandubreil

doesnt the west coast have the most skinhead groups in the country??

Although I disagree with the OP and know the racist happenings of the west, I have met many skinheads from out west and most weren't racist. A large number of Cali skinheads I've come across weren't white(many were Mexican) and part of gangs/crews that were multi racial. There is a difference between the medial image of skinheads and what they actually stand for.

[NatashaH]

Originally Posted by beenhereandthere

No hangings or Lynchings and Bull Connor though.....
again didn't say the West Coast was NOT racist....but said likely the LEAST racist.

For your information many minorities (mostly Chinese) were lynched/murdered.

[EpicEast]

Originally Posted by DANNYY

Well we have to think about it this way though, the racist Civil War involved the North (Midwest + Northeast) & The South, not the Western United States. The West definitely has no history of racism like the way the "North" & "South" do at least. The Northeast & Midwest by every map I have seen of the latest demographics are the most segregated regions in the country, racism must be a cause for that surely.

I cant think of anything historically significant happening that even gives the West a "racist" image. Then again, I'm not the one known to be the history buff here.

NEWSFLASH: Racism is not limited to the Areas involved in the civil war, or America, it is a human flaw, and what happens to people in the past does not neccesarily determine the attitude of their descendants.