I am not saying this about any particular race. It is all people in this region of the country. i was in Atlanta a few weeks ago, is it me, or do people their on both sides selectively segregate themselves?? it was like oh we can't go to that club, its for whites...oh thats the club for balcks...oh thats a mexican club...WTF...What ever happen to having a good time no matter what the color of your skin??
sorry Atlanta, I thouhgt that city had come a long way, but i think you are one of the most racist cities in America, and you have chosen to make it so...
2006-08-31 12:05:35 · 22 answers · asked by O Jam 3 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
I've been to Atlanta too, and also found the same thing. It was shocking at first.
Years later I dated a man who's parents where from southern Texas, close to Louisiana. His mother said something very interesting to me one day. She said she didn't think she was racist until she move to California (that is where we live)... she explained that she grew up in a small town where everyone stayed in their own areas and were among their own kind - but that no one made a big deal about it. It's just how things were. And as a child she was friends with some African American girls, but as they got older, without fighting or anything, they just went their separate ways. It's just how things are. Ultimately, she didn't consider herself racist, but she saw the difference in how people thought and acted when she moved to a different area of the country. I was fascinated by her story - especially because I had known her for a long time and she never had anything bad to say about anyone - no matter skin or creed. She seemed to be a "victim of circumstance" in a way. So, I believe it's just how you are raised. Generations of people that continue to breed that sort of mentality, children not even really knowing or thinking to change it because they have not been exposed to anything different.
Just like how in California, we are raised to pretend to be politically correct, but behind closed doors everyone has a strong opinion - they just won't say it "in mixed company"....
the question is - which is worse? Knowing you are hated, or having people pretend they don't? ... maybe the south is just real about it...
2006-08-31 12:15:40 · answer #1 · answered by nuovoterra 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i kind of agree with what you are saying but you are generalizing all the southern states based on one city that you have been to. I live in southern texas, and every club or bar i have been to doesnt really segregate themselves. I mean you have your hang outs for the grung rockers, emo rockers, metal heads, but when you go there, there are a lot of people form different races hanging out together. there are a few small towns with populations in very small numbers that a revery race oriented, but that is becuase they are still stuck in the past. Good old southern rights, do i agree with them, h*ll no, but i am not going to say that the whole state of texas is racially segregated, now am i.
2006-08-31 12:10:47 · answer #2 · answered by jazminestarhead 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm from a Southern state but have also lived in areas in the North. I encountered more prejudice living in the North than I ever did in the South. Maybe you should just stay wherever your comfort zone is. There are racists everywhere, kid. It's just handy to pin it on the South. I do find it interesting, however, that so many of those who call us ignorant and racist are moving here.
2006-08-31 12:13:29 · answer #3 · answered by clarity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a very good question. Television, movies, newspapers and cartoons amoung all media portray Southern folk as the good ol' boys. Running moonshine, fishing, chewing on a twig of hay all day. The real reason is, when we see your Northern plates on your car in our town, we want you out as soon as your tank is full. Don't want no New Yorkers here fix'n things that ain't broke. Look what they did for Florida!
2006-08-31 12:37:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the South. Southerners are stubborn.
Plus, there are still a lot of racist people in the South, despite the Civil Rights Movements.
It's not just Atlanta, it's every Southern state.
2006-08-31 12:08:39 · answer #5 · answered by Katy 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Why are you labeling all Southern States under Atlanta. I am from Texas, yes there is some prejudice here, although I don't think it is as bad as GA. But the truth it is just as prejudice up North, I know I have been there.
2006-08-31 12:09:57 · answer #6 · answered by sweet smile 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Like the northern states aren't racist. Good one.
2006-08-31 15:33:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To balance out the stupid people like you who live in the Northern States.
2006-08-31 12:11:58 · answer #8 · answered by robabard 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was only Californians who were sensitive, wow, there are other sensitive types in America, like Montana, Ohio, Wyoming? I must have missed them?
2006-08-31 12:12:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree- aren't we all AMERICANS. I am sick of all this segragation. African-American, Chinese-American, Hispanic Americans, etc.. The list goes on and on. It drives me batty. These titles and these types of things do nothing more than divde this great country.
2006-08-31 12:12:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋