Get the hell over yourselves (San Francisco: title, racism, teach)

[bellalunatic]

Originally Posted by Gatorgrad2004

Racists are everywhere, sure there are probably more in the South, but "full of racist" is a bit generalizing. That's like a foreigner saying all americans have "big houses, SUVs, and all girls are blonde with big boobs" It's just what Hollywood portrays. People need to stop being ignorant

sounds like Texas to me

Ooops, I misread that, I thought you wrote big blonde hair and boobs. My bad.

[Gatorgrad2004]

Well, some states yes, but not in general all the South!!! Please stop generalizing everything!

[Chadro77]

I've lived in the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest. The Northeast and Midwest take the prize for being the most racist. Just because the Southern racists have a Confederate flag doesn't make them more racist.

Anybody who thinks I'm wrong, go drive through small town Georgia and then go go drive through small town Indiana. Tell me what you think.

[Mr. Fantastic]

The confederate flag is one of the most powerful symbols of race division in existence. It's comparable to flashing a Swastika in public.

Yet, so many in the South flash it without concern.

You simply aren't educated about world history and politics.

[Azalea City Man]

Originally Posted by Mr. Fantastic

No seriously, the South is the most racist part of the country. When your state legislature has to pass a law from preventing school children from wearing the confederate flag on their clothing, then you know a whole bunch of people are racist (as well as their kids).

The point is we need to stop generalizing and act as if there is no complexity in issues. Pulling #'s from thin air, but let's say that 5% of the west coast population is truly "racist" and 15% of the southern population is truly "racist". Ok, so that makes the west coast a bit better in comparison, but let's stop acting as if the south is still running slavery. Fwiw, I'm from the southeast and have traveled to the west coast.

[Azalea City Man]

Originally Posted by Chadro77

The Northeast and Midwest take the prize for being the most racist. Just because the Southern racists have a Confederate flag doesn't make them more racist.

Anybody who thinks I'm wrong, go drive through small town Georgia and then go go drive through small town Indiana. Tell me what you think.

Very true.

[Gatorgrad2004]

I never said conferedate flag is a good thing! I just said, stop generalizing the whole South as you are putting it! How did you extrapolate that to not educated on history???

[Azalea City Man]

Originally Posted by Mr. Fantastic

The confederate flag is one of the most powerful symbols of race division in existence. It's comparable to flashing a Swastika in public.

Yet, so many in the South flash it without concern.

You simply aren't educated about world history and politics.

I am from the south. Many southerners have been incorrectly raised to believe the confederate flag has little to do with slavery, at all. So again, complex issue. Many of the southerners who fly the confederate flag (which let me add is maybe a whopping 1% of the population at most, if that) deplore slavery and racism, not accepting the reality that the flag does represent much of that in regards to history. They instead feel that it represents a movement that values personal freedom and freedom from the federal government (states rights).

I hate the confederate flag myself, but again, we need to quit generalizing ... especially if not from the region.

[Gatorgrad2004]

Originally Posted by oscottscotto

I am from the south. Many southerners have been incorrectly raised to believe the confederate flag has little to do with slavery, at all. So again, complex issue. Many of the southerners who fly the confederate flag (which let me add is maybe a whopping 2%-3% at most) deplore slavery and racism, not accepting the reality that the flag does represent much of that in regards to history. They instead feel that it represents a movement that values personal freedom and freedom from the federal government (states rights).

I hate the confederate flag myself, but again, we need to quit generalizing ... especially if not from the region.

Thank you!!!! You nailed it, a lot of folks down there see it as a tradition and not as a racist thing, yes they are ignorant and uneducated about it, but that's only part of the population!

[Mr. Fantastic]

Your opinion is too highly slanted, being a resident of the South. Even Nazi's believed that they lived in a great area, while everyone outside of Nazi Germany thought it was a facist nightmare.

Also claiming that people in the South don't know "what the flag means" yet still wear it only excuses racism for ignorance. That's not much better of a brush stroke. So it's either racist or stupid, gee, the South sounds like a great place.