Is Highland Park racist? (Dallas, Portland: purchase, live in, club)

[azriverfan.]

Highland Park can be quite racist. You have to remember that Rich in the South isn't like Rich in other parts of the country. There is a lot of old money in which people inherit their money but they themselves are not very sophisticated. I found this to be the case in Dallas. There is a lot of oil money there. Remember, Dallas is less than 200 miles from Oklahoma and Arkansas. We are not talking about living near the east or west coast here

[frogandtoad]

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

Highland Park can be quite racist. You have to remember that Rich in the South isn't like Rich in other parts of the country. There is a lot of old money in which people inherit their money but they themselves are not very sophisticated. I found this to be the case in Dallas. There is a lot of oil money there. Remember, Dallas is less than 200 miles from Oklahoma and Arkansas. We are not talking about living near the east or west coast here

Yes, but comments like this don't tell me that HP is racist. What makes you say it's racist has been my question all along? Specific examples. I have specific examples from places I've lived which I found to not be conducive to mixed-race families, but they weren't necessarily the areas I would have guessed. I'm not sure what you mean by people in HP not being very sophisticated either. I don't know Dallas at all, but I will say I've met people from HP on Nantucket and they were indeed very sophisticated.

[Grainraiser]

I will just offer this. If a black person moves to Highland Park and is interviewed a year later, my guess is they would offer these observations. For the most part people have been friendly to me. Some have welcome me with open arms and while a few have rolled their eyes. The vast majority of them have been cordial toward me and my family. There has been some challenges but I am getting more and more comfortable with the residents and they are getting comfortable with me. It has not been as bad as I thought it would be but it has not been totally great. It's a work in progress but I think the progress is positive for the most part.

[ATLHRLGUY]

Wow, who knew a thread like this would get so much traction, I'm shocked.
Here's the deal frogandtoad, I think HP is a great place to raise a family, regardless of ethnicity. Are there those that are prejudice in HP, yes, but the same can be said for Preston Hollow, Plano, DeSoto Lancaster, etc. etc, you get the point. Who cares what others think, and if anyone has a problem with someone else b/c of the color of their skin then they are have some deep rooted insecurities. Remember, if you are looking for racism you will find it and if you are looking for a friendly community you will find that as well, it all depends on your outlook.

[W James III]

I have family in HP and I am white and can tell you from personal experience that HP under the surface is very racial. They will be nice and although you won’t have any crosses burned on your front lawn you will understand and get the feeling that people there in HP just want the place to stay the way it has for the past century, 98% white.

Knowing what I know I wouldn’t suggest living there and that goes the same for me, I personally don’t live there and wouldn’t.

Although I have the income to live there I just don’t like the atmosphere and petty gossip and stuck up attitudes there including from my own family that lives there.

[George_of_the_Jungal]

If you want a different perspective on HP folks ask most any charity in Dallas how they feel about them. The guy who did my shoulder surgery lives there and is quite the humanitarian. I was pretty much a charity case on workman's comp, he usually works on professional football players ect. He also had me over to his house to work on his kids computer and his laptop. As I posted earlier it is hard to understand the needs/concerns of HP. It is an easy cop-out to blame everything on being prejudice.

[DaveG99]

Originally Posted by grindin

That particular poster is known for his disdain for African-Americans on this board, so no surprise that stood out to you.

Its not that I dont like blacks. (And I dont like saying african americans either because 99% of the blacks are not african and have never been to africa)

I just dont like the towns/cities where the majority of the population is black.

And by the way Im not racist towards hispanic people (I am half hispanic)


And some of the topics here really surprise me. You guys take this internet stuff way to seriously.

[Lakewooder]

Originally Posted by TurtleCreek80

Not true! There have been way more than 2 black students in HPISD. There were at least 3 in the classes surrounding mine in the late 90s and at least a few more when my younger sibling was there in the early 2000s.

Two! Three!

[aceplace]

Actually, Seattle and Portland are more racist than DFW.

How do I know?

They have a larger percentage of caucasians in their total population than in metros like Dallas or Houston or Atlanta.

So if we measure the degree of racism by the percentage of downtrodden racial minorities, they are certainly more racist.

[aceplace]

Let's compare the degree of racism in Highland Park to the racism that exists in Arab countries.

Now nobody argues that EVERY arab wants to kill as many Americans as possible, but it is true that many of them do... and no other ethnic group appears to be that committed to exterminating us. So Arab highjackers go through a plane and cut the throat of any non-Arab with an American passport.

I doubt that Highland Park contains very many young men who will martyr themselves to kill as many African-Americans as possible.