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From my experience, a lot of segregation these days is by choice, and white people aren't the only ones to do it either. When I was in middle school, I noticed how all the black kids on my bus liked to sit in the back, and they chose the seats themselves. It was ironic, considering Rosa Parks fought so she didn't have to sit back there.
Yes of course there can be racism towards whites. There can be racism towards ANY group. BUT,IMHO (actually there quite a few facts in there also)the difference between Black on White racism, and to a certain extent other groups who are racist towards Whites is American history. Not trying to argue so let me explain. White people have been at the top of the food chain in this country almost from the start. Whites enforced Manifest Destiny,slavery,Jim Crow,etc. The so-called "Founding Fathers" and others of their time saw Whites as superior. Now of course not ALL of them some did believe the Native Americans,Blacks and others should be free to follow their own destiny but they still did not see them as equals. Long story short white men of that era never thought the world would change and it has. Bottom line is that yes even though this was hundreds of years ago they left this generation of white people holding the bag. Personally I don't think a huge majority of whites are racists. But you have to remember that the Civil Rights Movement wasn't that long ago (in terms of history 50 plus years may as well be YESTERDAY)so down here in VA you may have the black store owner who may see the same white Klansman who torched his store in 1960. Whites are a majority in government,the title holders if you will. So yes there is racism towards white but in reality it really can't harm whites the same way white on black racism has hurt blacks and others. And for the record let me put this out there:
1. I DO NOT condone racism of any type. It's against God's laws
2.I DO NOT think the "white man" is keeping me "down"
3.I DO NOT think Jesse and Al are some type of "leaders"
Boston has its share of openly racist people. For those who say the deep South is the most racist place...there are a lot of Northern cities where segregation, both racial and economic, is deeply embedded.
interesting that southern cities are not the most segregated ones
For better or mostly for worse, the people in south got used to living among blacks over a long time and the cities were more mixed because they needed them early on for labor. However, northern cities got their black population during the "great migration" when there was a large influx all at once. They tended to settle together in what are today the de facto segregated black neighborhoods. There was massive white flight too because they were not used to living in close proximity to black people, unlike the southerners. I'm speaking in huge generalizations so don't get offended but that is basically what happened.
For better or mostly for worse, the people in south got used to living among blacks over a long time and the cities were more mixed because they needed them early on for labor. However, northern cities got their black population during the "great migration" when there was a large influx all at once. They tended to settle together in what are today the de facto segregated black neighborhoods. There was massive white flight too because they were not used to living in close proximity to black people, unlike the southerners. I'm speaking in huge generalizations so don't get offended but that is basically what happened.
so does it mean southern cities are less racist today than northern cities?
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