Racial, Gay, Tolerance vs. Dallas

[sajae90]

Originally Posted by bluenoter

This post has all the catch phrases that seems to get a lot of views. Just curious on your thoughts.

Hmmm, believe it or not, in Austin, there is a SMALL community that support gays, the ones that try to get away from it run up North or to the West where they can afford the homes. As far as race....there will always be a racial stigma in Texas..afterall it is a Southern State, and personally, speaking as someone who is bi-racial, I just see tolerance, I don't see a lot of acceptance. The real liberals in Austin are the 'tree-huggers' and 'drug takers' or as they call it....the 'wierd' people. From what I have seen from the people in Austin, they just tolerate minorities...especially if they are black. I have noticed how the Austin people are polite, however, they are distant or emotionally detached from blacks....The hispanics have a large support system because its a lot of them...I notice how most of the hispanics are mostly friends with other hispanics. Trust me, the racism is there, they are just not blatant in your face with it.

Speaking as a researcher and philosopher, there are over 16% unemployed blacks compared to 8% unemployed whites in the entire U.S. these numbers speaks volumes as in that there is still discrimination going on. Most blacks are offered jobs that offer low pay or jobs that no one else wants to do.....darker-skinned hispanics as well are in the same spot as blacks. I have black friends in Austin (just a couple) that have found it hard just to get a waitressing job in Austin (SMH)

[artsyguy]

I think you mean the bigots run down to south and east Texas.

Dallas county is extremely gay friendly. The scene is huge and is very well integrated.

I agree the real liberals in Austin are "tree-lovers" and "drug takers."

I agree about the racism against blacks. However, Hispanics have it rough too. They are stratified and segregated too. The majority are of Mexican decent and non-English speaking. And there are many that are illegals too. They have it rough.

Originally Posted by sajae90

Hmmm, believe it or not, in Austin, there is a SMALL community that support gays, the ones that try to get away from it run up North or to the West where they can afford the homes. As far as race....there will always be a racial stigma in Texas..afterall it is a Southern State, and personally, speaking as someone who is bi-racial, I just see tolerance, I don't see a lot of acceptance. The real liberals in Austin are the 'tree-huggers' and 'drug takers' or as they call it....the 'wierd' people. From what I have seen from the people in Austin, they just tolerate minorities...especially if they are black. I have noticed how the Austin people are polite, however, they are distant or emotionally detached from blacks....The hispanics have a large support system because its a lot of them...I notice how most of the hispanics are mostly friends with other hispanics. Trust me, the racism is there, they are just not blatant in your face with it.

Speaking as a researcher and philosopher, there are over 16% unemployed blacks compared to 8% unemployed whites in the entire U.S. these numbers speaks volumes as in that there is still discrimination going on. Most blacks are offered jobs that offer low pay or jobs that no one else wants to do.....darker-skinned hispanics as well are in the same spot as blacks. I have black friends in Austin (just a couple) that have found it hard just to get a waitressing job in Austin (SMH)