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Ellen Forradalom

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4. Reminds me of a Dick Gregory quote

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:41 AM

Jul 2016

For a black man, there's no difference between the North and the South. In the South, they don't mind how close I get, as long as I don't get too big. In the North, they don't mind how big I get, as long as I don't get too close.

— Dick Gregory

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The difference between Southern and Northern racism [View all] YoungDemCA Jul 2016 OP

wow unblock Jul 2016 #1

It is historically true, for the most part. rusty quoin Jul 2016 #2

I can summarize even further in the historical perspective... Behind the Aegis Jul 2016 #3

Reminds me of a Dick Gregory quote Ellen Forradalom Jul 2016 #4

When I was a kid, we had a cleaning woman come in once a week... TreasonousBastard Jul 2016 #5

+1, "when I walk down the street at least I know where I stand." I've heard this so many times from uponit7771 Jul 2016 #6

It's the same here in California. JRLeft Jul 2016 #7

My impression is that it's actually easier for black people to be friends with Southern whites YoungDemCA Jul 2016 #8

I have plenty of white friends here in Northern and Southern California. JRLeft Jul 2016 #9

Southern California also has a lot of explicit and implicit racism as well. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2016 #11

As does northern California, Orange County has a large white supremacists following. JRLeft Jul 2016 #12

Agreed! I experienced more racism in Boston, Chicago, Southern New Jersey and Connecticut... Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2016 #10