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YoungDemCA

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8. My impression is that it's actually easier for black people to be friends with Southern whites

Reply to JRLeft (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 03:28 PM

Jul 2016

than it is for them to be friends with Northern whites, as odd as that sounds. But when you consider the fact that black and white people have about four centuries of shared history living in the South in the same communities, it makes a lot of sense.

I could be off base though, but this seems reasonable to me.

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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