Why are many southern american states still racist?

Question

Even though its not overty so. Many black people are forgotten by the government.
Katrina is a recent example of this...

what are your thoughts on this?
should more be done to enforce equality?

Answer 1

I live in IL. and believe me there are racist people here! I was not raised to be a racist but I know some people who were! Some have overcome their dislike of others of a different race and a couple of other people I know still stereotype others of different races. It is sad!

Answer 2

1) On average, southerners tend to be less educated. Although it's ignorant to think everyone in the South is ignornant.

2) Poverty is more common in the South, and Blacks and Whites often have to compete for the same crappy jobs.

3) The South was built up on Agriculture, and thus had a higher need for slavery. To this day, the African American Population as a percentage of total population is higher in the South.

4) Many in the African American Community behave like deviant thugs, which enforces the stereotypes that many poor white people learn at an early age.

To answer your question. I think racism stinks. Building equality is necessary, but I don't know how it can be done. An effort needs to be made by All parties involved, and not just beaurocrats making laws.

Answer 3

I think the Northern States are MUCH MUCH more racist that the southern states. Look at how the blacks in the south control all of the cities. They have the reigns of power in the south, not the Whites. They have the judges, the lawyers, the police offices in southern cities. Just because they also have the poor and uneducated, high percentages of single parent homes, drugs, crime, etc.. that doesn't mean that those things are a product of racism.

Katrina was not a racist storm... It was the white coast guard members who worked long hours saving black lives. It was the white people who organized clothing and supply drives to support these people. It as a Black major who prevented the Red Cross from entering the Super Dome because it was a "temporary" shelter. In the end it was slow responses from FEMA and poor communications from local officials who causes the problems... NOT Racism..

If you lived in the south you would find that the racism that still exists is mostly on the blacks. The blacks blame all their own problems on the white people.

Answer 4

I live in the south and I am not quite sure why somebody in the north would level such a judgmental assumption at a particular part of the United States? To me that is Discrimination based on unknown facts. However, I live in the south and feel like I live in Mexico. I try hard to find a newspaper to try and find one that is written in English and not in Spanish. I also try very hard to compete in an area which speaks more Spanish, which makes it harder for me to get a job. To see a black or a white person where I live is a very small percent. It is almost a rarity sometimes. However, I do have an English job only where I take mostly phone calls from people up north who always want to know what color I am and what accent I have. I wonder why? Why are the northerners more intolerant of South?

Answer 5

I disagree, especially where hurricane Katrina is concerned. The southern states that were damaged received record amounts of funding and support from Federal, State and private funds. In New Orleans where there was the most difficulty, the Governor is a female democrat and in the city, the mayor is a black Mayor. The problems involved incompetence not racism.

There are more than enough laws to address systemic racism. You cannot legislate what people think. But what I saw the primarily white citizens in Texas do to assist the primarily black victims from Louisiana was inspirational. To this day there are still white citizens helping black citizens in Texas.

I don't think your point is valid at all.

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Answer 6

You obvisosly have never been to the South...you views of what the South is like from what you see on TV...CNN will be the first to show Klan rally somewhere in the middle of no where, but they never should the hundreds of whites and blacks that show up against them...it does not fit their sterotype...case in point about 15 years ago the Klan wanted to march in Palaski, TN...the city could not refuse them a permit, but everything was closed down in the town while they were there so they had no where to stay or eat...but CNN showd them marching down the street...look at those videos and see, they never do wide angle shots, only close up...there is more racism up North than there is down here...in most places, (especially in rual areas) Blacks and Whites grew up together and we all friends...I know that is my case...by the way I grew up in Alabama in the 80's and 90's...Katrina had nothing to do with race...anyone who has ever been to New Orelans knows that half of the "victims" stayed to loot...New Orleans had and has the highest crime rate in the South...the blame for Katrina lies with the people who did not evacuate and the Mayor for not asking for aid...From someone who is from the South and is still in the South...Blacks and Whites get along well...a lot better than they do in Boston or New York...but there is always a few bad apples in a bunch...quit watching TV and reading Liberal Websites...when was the last time Sharpton was in the South protesting something? Besides Duke and Katrina? And by the way Atlanta's government is almost all Black...

Answer 7

The US has a shameful history of slavery and genocide (how many eastern woodland Indians do you know?) these kinds of things get institutionalized through laws and customs. Laws get changed but it takes time for customs and attitudes to change. In Iraq the fighting is largely Sunni-Shia...this rift stems from battle hundreds of years ago and today they still fight. In the Balkans people fight over what happened centuries ago. I do believe that if you change the laws mores and attitudes will follow. The laws on the books are clear but enforcement is difficult because it can be difficult to prove one discriminated based on race...rather than "they weren't right for the job. While enforcement of anti-discrimination laws is important...more could be done with preschoolers/young kids in the area of education and diversity training. This world needs every single good mind it can get - we do not have the "luxury" of discriminating against anyone because of the way they were made.

Answer 8

It's not racism, it's worse. It's mind your own damn business, and how they feel about each other is not open to discussion with outsiders. Blacks and Whites of the South are both ignored by the government. And they don't care much for each other. But at least it's open, and not the behind your back BS that is practiced in places like LA, or Chicago, or Oklahoma.

Answer 9

Katrina has nothing to do with racism it was about lazy-ism(on the part of those who waited around like babies)

Those dimwits should have watched the weather warning and got out of dodge before the storm hit!

Racism is YOU blaming white people for black peoples inability to follow basic instructions: EVACUATE! HELLO!How is it the governments fault that people made the conscious choice to live below sea level and to make a place like the freakin' ninth ward their home, are you kidding me!!!

Answer 10

As a WhIte man and katrina victim. We here in the deep south have pulled ourselves back together. helping each other (white and Black alike) and have slowly recovered. there is still so much to do. The Government can only do so much, most of us are helping ourselves. Race has nothing to do with it. Katrina was not partial to color.