Is this an accurate portrayal of what people are like in Mississippi? (Glen: layoffs, school)

[cali3448893]

There are alot of racist folks in mississippi thats why i live in boston.

[Listener2307]

Originally Posted by jonathancalderon71

There are alot of racist folks in mississippi thats why i live in boston.

Boston is a fine city. Here's a famous picture taken in Boston. It was taken during the busing crisis in Boston in the 70's. Yes, he is using the America flag as a weapon against the black man.

[jhadorn]

Originally Posted by jonathancalderon71

There are alot of racist folks in mississippi thats why i live in boston.

Boston had the largest population of slaves in Massachusetts, and openly sold slaves.

Slavery in Massachusetts

There is even an entry on the denial of slavery, and/or the treatment of slaves in the north.

Slavery Denial

Boston, and the entire region historically has been not only racist, but anti-catholicism, and anti-immigrant.

Remember the "No Irish need apply" signs of the 19th century? How about the disdain for Eastern Europeans and Italians in the early 20th century? Witch trials? Racial strife of the 70's?

According to a 2006 survey conducted by University of Massachusetts at Boston, 75 percent of black Massachusetts residents said that race relations in the state were only "fair to poor." Seventeen percent of respondents also said they had personally experienced racial discrimination from police within the last few months.

I could go on, but why bother.

[Listener2307]

Originally Posted by jhadorn

............I could go on, but why bother.

I'll go on for you, if you don't mind.

I was born in Boston, 1945. My sister was born in Boston, 1942.

My sister is half Chinese. It was illegal for my mother to marry my sister's father in Boston because my mother is not Chinese. Illegal, I am saying. Punishable by law. So they had to go to Rhode Island (which was founded, incidentally, by a religious group wanting to escape Massachusetts persecution) to get married. Then, they returned home to Boston to be persecuted.

Perhaps people from Boston should not be so quick to criticize. That old thing about glass houses, and all...........

[WayneDixon21]

Fells, do not judge people based upon what you had seen on television because we are not 101% sure that they are showing the real lifestyle of those people in Mississippi. And having a couple of interview from selected people does not prove anything, maybe they had shown a picture of Mississippi resident but it doesn't mean that they represent the entire population

[jhadorn]

Originally Posted by WayneDixon21

Fells, do not judge people based upon what you had seen on television because we are not 101% sure that they are showing the real lifestyle of those people in Mississippi. And having a couple of interview from selected people does not prove anything, maybe they had shown a picture of Mississippi resident but it doesn't mean that they represent the entire population

They aren't indicative of the entire population of Mississippi. They ARE indicative of a very small number of people in Mississippi. The problem is that Bill Mahr presented them as just the typical person you see just getting off the plane in Mississippi.

It's good for a laugh and ratings though. It's Mississippi, so people are going to believe what you tell them about it, as long as it's bad.

[VelcroQueen]

What an interesting thread to come upon after a long evening reading numbers with money-amounts to an accountant. Odd thought perhaps, but as I was reading that long, long list, I thought, "I ought to than some Jackson, Mississippi, teachers for teaching me how to read such numbers lists clearly and concisely." I just happened to live there for 3.5 years, from 3rd grade, and had a teacher who took the time to teach this. Do you have a clue how many people can't read either numbers or money properly?

So I will thank that teacher here amidst all this silly squawk. Who in the world would take what a TV show says as Truth, when all they value is ratings, not honesty?

[jhadorn]

Originally Posted by VelcroQueen

Who in the world would take what a TV show says as Truth...

You would be surprised.

[ScarlettePoet]

I saw that clip too. I am a Black woman. To be fair, those men represented SOME of Mississippi. By no means all...but a sizeable percentage nonetheless. Black people are 12.5 percent of the US's population, and most of us are not "ghetto-acting", but when newscasters choose to interview Blacks, they pick the black equivalent of the white men you saw in this video lol. The video was taken in vicksburg, ms...where I lived for 6 months. I stayed in Jackson, Mississippi for 6 years, and met people/made friends with people from all backgrounds, economics stations, professions, and races. But I WILL say...I met PLEN-TY people in Vicksburg and Oxford who acted and spoke just like those men. I was an intern, finishing my college degree, and was called quite a few

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by parents who thought I wasn't qualified to teach their children, even though I'd held internships all over the country prior to this gig and received numerous academic accolades. There are some backwoods racists who think that the South will rise again. There are some who have accepted their loss and, though still feeling superior, aren't going to turn down your business or your assistance. Finally, you have those who are glad the "South" fell and are working to make Mississippi a great state. Living there, i learned that every liberal isn't tolerant, and every conservative isn't racist; every White isn't evil and every Black isn't benevolent. People are people...but Mississippi just has more of a share of toothless racists than other places...

[Dd714]

Originally Posted by Listener2307

Boston is a fine city. Here's a famous picture taken in Boston. It was taken during the busing crisis in Boston in the 70's. Yes, he is using the America flag as a weapon against the black man.

This is one of those posts where people that have never been to MS post like they know all about it. It's epidemic. The poster's sum knowledge of the south probably resides from watching Dukes of Hazzard. Best just to ignore them....or you can ask him to explain this and a number of other threads on racism in Boston:

//www.city-data.com/forum/bosto...ty-racist.html

The fact that the poster cannot manage to post more than a sentence probably means you won't get a response making much sense.