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Yeah, seems that way. I was surprised at how many "country" black people there were in the south when I first moved down here years ago. My accountant is one of those people and loves telling me stories about her childhood in the rural south lol.
So true. The few times we have driven in rural areas around the state I have noticed we are the minorities.
To RedZin's point, I think you're more likely to notice that you might get funny looks in some places.
I will say that what I noticed (as a white guy) when I moved down here was kind of interesting...People are way more comfortable with folks of different races than they are in much of the North (MN or IL and WI to a lesser extent would be my reference points.)
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I am not comparing myself to someone of Asian heritage who's experienced prejudice, but try as I might, I cannot hide my accent, as an Italian from NY. If I go into the deep, deep, South, yes, my accent will get me noticed.
Have I ever been treated unfairly? No.
And this I have noticed from even older Southern men: if you're thought to be a "stand up" guy, who does what he says he'll do,
you'll be respected - irrespective of race. This I have seen time and time again - not only of myself, but of people of other races.
As I said in a previous post, I've gotten more racist comments about myself and my past girlfriends up in NY. Never had any issue in Atlanta, Raleigh, Sarasota, or Austin. Good old upstate NY never ceases to innovate or improve.
Just seems like a silly question to me. If anyone looks hard enough, they can find prejudices. Sounds like you're looking.
This isnt the 1800s, or even the 1950s. The Triangle is a fairly progressive, multi cultural place now.
Interesting.....are you in an interracial relationship and do you live in an area that the OP inquired about? The only reason I ask is because I can tell you from my experience that being in an interracial relationship and having property in two areas (suburban North Raleigh and more of a country setting within an hour from here) that it was very different for us.
Living in the immediate triangle area you will probably not have any issues at all. Of course there will always be an unhappy soul here that wants to make others miserable for whatever reason and being an interracial couple makes for an easy excuse for them to be jerks. But overall most people don't even bat an eye. Plus there are many interracial couples here.
Now, living further out your chances of living amongst people with some very old "values" that still don't believe in race mixing is much greater. They typically have no problem living next door to a family that is entirely a different race then they are but they can't seem to accept interracial relationships.
We finally gave up our dream of living in the country because of a neighbor and decided that our other property in North Raleigh was better fit for us.
For clarification......I am a white woman with a black husband so our experiences may differ from others.
Yeah, seems that way. I was surprised at how many "country" black people there were in the south when I first moved down here years ago. My accountant is one of those people and loves telling me stories about her childhood in the rural south lol.
That always surprises me when I tell them that the most redneck guy I ever met was black guy down in SC. He would sport rebel flag hats while chewing tobacco talking about going hunting/fishing all the time.
There is racial bias and stereotyping everywhere. Across the whole wide world. Learn to live with it and be smart about it. Don't you just love these threads? What exactly are you looking to find here?
my home county my parents grew up with my friends parents and most people have extended kin networks around them.
No doubt that can be hard to penetrate but it's just a reality not being cliquish per se.
How many people reading this have cousins living around them?
That's a good point. I think my closest relative that doesn't live in my house is my mom, but it takes about 35 minutes on a good day to get to her house. My family members on both sides who pretty much never moved away from where my grandparents/great grandparents grew up are all within about 10-15 minutes of each other, tops. More like 5 for some of them.
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