Oh, but the south has CHANGED so much! (Mexicans, illegal, racism)

[C. Maurio]

You always hear a common thing on here anytime you dare speak ill of anything southern. It is like "oh you don't know the south has changed so much" or "oh we all get along in the south" but facts are facts and the fact is that the south still is much like it was 100 years ago. Especially outside its largest urban areas. It still drips with the poison it has always had and nothing has changed there at all. Racism is a proud tradition there and remains so.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/ma...anted=all&_r=0

[TheMoreYouKnow]

You seriously picked a 4 year old article as the basis for your daily thread claiming that everyone in the south is a racist?

[OhioRules]

Originally Posted by C. Maurio

You always hear a common thing on here anytime you dare speak ill of anything southern. It is like "oh you don't know the south has changed so much" or "oh we all get along in the south" but facts are facts and the fact is that the south still is much like it was 100 years ago. Especially outside its largest urban areas. It still drips with the poison it has always had and nothing has changed there at all. Racism is a proud tradition there and remains so.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/ma...anted=all&_r=0

You need to get out more.

[Frank DeForrest]

Originally Posted by C. Maurio

You always hear a common thing on here anytime you dare speak ill of anything southern. It is like "oh you don't know the south has changed so much" or "oh we all get along in the south" but facts are facts and the fact is that the south still is much like it was 100 years ago. Especially outside its largest urban areas. It still drips with the poison it has always had and nothing has changed there at all. Racism is a proud tradition there and remains so.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/ma...anted=all&_r=0

Ive never seen it.

[wytrvn]

This doesn't surprise me at all, that artcle is from May 2009 when President Obama was in office less than 5 months, probably much worse now.

[C. Maurio]

Well here is a more recent article:
Georgia high school students organize first integrated prom - CBS Atlanta 46

All you have to do is Google them. In this case the police removed a bi racial student because the prom is "whites only"

[Sally_Sparrow]

Whatever. I could find several anecdotal examples of racism in other places without much trouble.. even in <gasp> the northern US!

Of course, a segregated prom is awful. Any form of racism is awful. I think it is still a problem in MANY rural areas though, not just the southern US, and in some ways it is worse in northern states because people aren't as blatant about it.

In fact I have heard the most hateful, constant racist remarks coming from my wife's family in Iowa, regarding "all these $&#! Mexicans"... ignoring the fact that my wife's father was Mexican so she is, therefore, 1/2. More venom there than I've ever heard in Texas, really.

[pknopp]

The NYTimes has always made stories up about the south to try and make it look bad. I don't know why.

[insane4madonna]

I never believed the South changed. They still are bigots.

[Sally_Sparrow]

Originally Posted by insane4madonna

I never believed the South changed. They still are bigots.

Yup. We're all bigots here. Just like Hollywood is full of plastic, fake, superficial people in show biz who spend their time getting plastic surgery, driving around in convertibles, and treating their illegal domestic help like garbage.