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re: Why are so many Southerners so stuck in their ways?
Posted on 2/11/14 at 2:38 am to RTR America
Posted on 2/11/14 at 2:38 am to RTR America
I've only been through Memphis (stayed one night), and I always thought Memphis was Southern. Hell it's right at the border of Mississippi and Arkansas, how could it not be?
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Posted on 2/11/14 at 2:42 am to Roger Klarvin
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...I'm sorry?
It is a very nice suburb, nothing to be sorry about.
It just happens to be less than 5 minutes from Mississippi.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 6:52 am to cas4t
A few reasons, and all are generally speaking and painting with a broad brush. Certainly doesn't apply to everyone in the South.
1. Lack of education, or poor education.
2. General distrust of outsiders - the damn Yankee syndrome if you will.
3. Southerners clutch the Bibles a little tighter than the rest of the country.
I thought it was improving a bit, but then this country elected a black president and it has gotten worse since then, IMO.
1. Lack of education, or poor education.
2. General distrust of outsiders - the damn Yankee syndrome if you will.
3. Southerners clutch the Bibles a little tighter than the rest of the country.
I thought it was improving a bit, but then this country elected a black president and it has gotten worse since then, IMO.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 7:12 am to deltaland
To be fair, I'm not referring to Christianity as a skewed religion. It's more of the condemning type attitude and intolerance I see in so many down here. Including my own family.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 7:37 am to cas4t
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What is it that has shaped the south to become so much different than the rest of the country?
I think this is where you get off track.
Read "The Myth of Southern Exceptionalism" if you've got time. The author makes a great case that the South, while different, isn't drastically different from the rest of the country in terms of religion, politics, etc.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 7:38 am to cas4t
But, to answer why people are stuck in their ways, the answer is simply societal pressure. People don't want to change the way they've always done things or thought about things because they don't want to alienate themselves from their friends and family.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 7:48 am to DCRebel
I'll buy that today.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 8:39 am to DCRebel
Great point. We're not all that different and less so with the advances in communications.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 8:50 am to cas4t
racism is more prevalent in the north.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 8:53 am to heartbreakTiger
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racism is more prevalent in the north.
Eh, not really. Racists are pretty well sprinkled everywhere, from what I've seen.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 8:59 am to TbirdSpur2010
I do love the story of how racist the south is yet the largest groups of things like the klan and the skinheads are found in the midwest and northeast
This post was edited on 2/11/14 at 9:02 am
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:00 am to TbirdSpur2010
I will agree and I think people are racist by default.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:01 am to TbirdSpur2010
they are sprinkled every where but it is more prevalent in the north. Its more subtle in the way they are doing it but democrats are more racist than republicans. Democrats infest the northeast of the country. The greatest racism in america is affirmative action
also the north likely has more foreigners if we don't count mexicans, and we all know that europe is far more racist than america.
also the north likely has more foreigners if we don't count mexicans, and we all know that europe is far more racist than america.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:02 am to diddydirtyAubie
I agree, I think the definition of true racism is skewed. People have a tendency to stick with what is familiar. If you are raised in middle upper class white neighborhood then you will likely trend toward picking that life style.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:09 am to heartbreakTiger
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racism is more prevalent in the north.
this is not true. I've lived in the north and the south and can compare the 2.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:17 am to cas4t
interesting thread
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:18 am to cas4t
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this is not true. I've lived in the north and the south and can compare the 2.
i've spent plenty of time in the north and seen more bigotry and hate than a lot of my time in the south. California as well.
now that's not true everywhere in the south because i grew up in a lily white farming community. they were all racists, but i don't see a lick of it here where i'm at currently.
i'm not saying either is more or less racists, but to say blanketly that the south is moreso is ignorant.
This post was edited on 2/11/14 at 9:25 am
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:22 am to cas4t
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racism is more prevalent in the north.
this is not true. I've lived in the north and the south and can compare the 2.
Seconded.
There are certainly racists outside of the South, and structural/institutional racism is pretty strong in the Northeast and Midwest, but the South still has a lot to work on.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:27 am to TbirdSpur2010
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Eh, not really. Racists are pretty well sprinkled everywhere, from what I've seen
The midwest has ton. That's where most of your supremacist groups are.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:30 am to cas4t
you have southern guilt so you can't. I have been all over the country and while the south has some old school racism its not nearly as bad as something like affirmative action. which is just veiled racism
This post was edited on 2/11/14 at 9:34 am
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