News, Are Southerners More Racist than Northerners? (Congress, legal, statistics)

[JD59]

For all the complex legal arguments over today’s blockbuster Voting Rights Act case, the core issue is a pretty simple one: How long does the South have to pay for the sins of its shameful past?

The landmark 1965 legislation passed Congress during one of the darkest chapters in our nation's history.


Are Southerners More Racist than Northerners? - Legalities

[Motion]

The difference between Northern and Southern racism during the 1950's for example.

In the south if a Black person wanted a particular job,they'd say we don't hire ni@@ers. That would be the end of that.

In the North,the Black person would be allowed to fill out an application. Then after they left the application would be thrown in the trash.


So that's the difference between northern and southern racism

[Huckleberry3911948]

racism as exampled by CDF shows the south has no monopoly on racism black or white.
the rage and hatred towards the south is enormous.
lust for revenge has no limits or bottom. it poisons and destroys the user.
i have a dream

[Motion]

Also during the 60's most of the race riots happened outside the south(Watts L.A,Detroit,Newark etc).

[CharlottePirateFan]

If I say yes will all the yankees stop coming down here?

[mary phagan]

do ya'll yankees ever shut-up or mind your own business

[mackinac81]

Originally posted by Motion
The difference between Northern and Southern racism during the 1950's for example.

In the south if a Black person wanted a particular job,they'd say we don't hire ni@@ers. That would be the end of that.

In the North,the Black person would be allowed to fill out an application. Then after they left the application would be thrown in the trash.


So that's the difference between northern and southern racism

This is what I see from a white yankee perspective

Racist southerners I think, are much more blunt in their racism, whereas northerners keep such opinions to themselves except for close friends and family. Racist northerners also have no desire to live around or interact with blacks, but they never come out and say it. They move to "nice" and "safe" neighborhoods, and send their kids to "good" schools. But we all know what those terms really mean.

When I went to North Carolina, one of the surprising things was the ease with which whites and blacks interacted, or even lived near each other. So much so that I was actually surprised when a stranger I met on the street made a racist comment about blacks in front of me. Until then I thought Southern racism was dying out.

[DC at the Ridge]

Interesting posts, but none address the key point in the linked article. The law differentiates specific states, putting additional burdens on those states (very expensive burdens) which were considered racist 50 years ago. The statistics applicable to voting clearly demonstrate that those states have resolved the inequities regarding voting, so should the law continue to place this undue burden upon them. The case to do so rests solely on the proposition that if those additional restrictions are removed, then those states are so racist they will revert to the old Jim Crow practices. Even if you think the South is more racist than the North, a debatable point, you have to concede that it's highly doubtful that those states would revert to the old racist practices in voting matters. So many of the elected officials in these states are minorities, how would racist changes to the laws get passed?

[mackinac81]

I didn't know that only the South was covered under the act. I would just broaden it to the whole country, and solve the issue right there.

[DC at the Ridge]

Originally Posted by mackinac81

I didn't know that only the South was covered under the act. I would just broaden it to the whole country, and solve the issue right there.

That's one possible outcome of the lawsuit, which is arguing that the differentiation of the Southern states in the law is discrimination. They want those differentiations removed, and making the law uniform for all the states would be one way to do so. This action has been brought up in Congress previously, but it has floundered due to lack of interest. So, utilizing the balance of powers, since Congress isn't interested in addressing the problem, perhaps the courts will be.