White KY vs. Minority KY

[tigerlillydownunder]

Originally Posted by Boompa

I am white my wife is asian, we stopped at a McDonalds in London Ky. The place came to a halt as they all stared at us. I got my order to go.

OMG. Are you kidding me?? (I mean, I know you aren't....) How bloody ridiculous is THAT??

And that poor kid at the Meade Co. Fair........what is the world coming to? I am so disappointed and embarassed that my beloved home state has such things (and worse) happen. It breaks my heart. I mean, don't get me wrong--it's not that I think Kentuckians are all shiny happy people until I hear a negative news report. I know that bad things happen under our noses every day--I'm not naive. But that doesn't make me any less ashamed by (looselY) association.

[SVTLightning]

I have been to the Meade County fair alot and never saw anything close to what happened. It's a shame thats for sure that stuff like that happens.

[tomcox]

Kentucky is too

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Kentucky is only about 7-8% Black as a state. So, I agree with what censusdata said. It's a state where it's Black population isn't as spread out like other Southern states. Heck, even NY's black population is probably more spread out, as we have some rural towns and small villages/cities that are as high as 6-20%, if not more. Places like Sodus, Lyons, Hudson, Livingston Manor, Liberty, Monticello and South Fallsburg, come to mind.

As for the other comments, considering that America is a pluralistic nation, there isn't anything wrong with stating the place of origin in relation to one's nationality as well. Besides, it still has American in the title.

Also, while that incident ended up being different and probably more about egos by both men, I think that for one of those situations, there are just as many, if not more that are legitimate. So, hopefully, people will get past this media based, scandalous and shortsighted view of race/racism to actually talk about real issues in regards to the one's mention from that particular incident and in terms of police issues, good or bad.

Whoever sent me that rep about being a "Caucasion(sic) American", racism and white supremacy, I thinnk you are missing the point. When said racial group sets the standard for the cultural being of the country, you don't necessarily have to validate that. So, why does that need to be announced when that is the culture that sets the standard? You can say it, but it would be redundant and odd, considering the cultural realities of this country.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by SVTLightning

Not at all, but until all people acknowledge that racism goes both ways, we won't make much progress.

Sure, but let's be honest about who gets effected by it more as well. Especially when you are talking about it on an institutional level.

Anyway, it seems like Kentucky is a state where the Black population is going to be concentrated more in areas like another poster mentioned, where slaveholding was the strongest and in the major cities.