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CreekDog

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33. Black people in those former slave strongholds are just as angry as whites?

Sat Sep 21, 2013, 10:06 AM

Sep 2013

well, imagine that.

i guess it's all equal then.

i wonder what could have made both groups equally mad?

thank you for your post saying both sides are equal and both are just as crazy for being mad and racist.

must be hard for you to tell whom is the victim here.

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Former Slavery Strongholds Harbor Majority Of Nation's Racists, Study Shows [View all] coldmountain Sep 2013 OP

what a surprise gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

Gasp! defacto7 Sep 2013 #2

Maybe this will, someday, turn into Abe Lincoln's revenge. raging moderate Sep 2013 #3

Moderate Republicans, Unicorns, whatever. Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #29

imagine that Skittles Sep 2013 #4

The racism problem may be getting an old fashioned Darwinian fix. underthematrix Sep 2013 #5

I agree with the fear of annhilation, it's conservative culture and attitudes that are dying out. diane in sf Sep 2013 #13

Look up "folk Darwinism" coldmountain Sep 2013 #18

Are you saying that Obama is not the offspring of his mother? Fumesucker Sep 2013 #22

White people have melanin, the only humans who do not have albinism, they are albinos Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #30

Well thank you CPT Obvious.... giftedgirl77 Sep 2013 #6

I was born in South Carolina. They needed a study? Give me a break. Lint Head Sep 2013 #7

I always wondered what that was about. Thanks for clearing it up. NBachers Sep 2013 #9

Lint head was a put down back then. The north side rich folks put down the textile mill Lint Head Sep 2013 #11

I'd rather be a lint head than a fuck head. AAO Sep 2013 #16

LOL! Lint Head Sep 2013 #17

I hope my descendants are darker than me. raging moderate Sep 2013 #8

Life is Change. raging moderate Sep 2013 #10

This former southerner could have told you that. blackspade Sep 2013 #12

It comes down to wanting to be better than someone. xfundy Sep 2013 #14

^^This!^^ LeftofObama Sep 2013 #27

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2013 #62

They also believe they can outrun the law and their women all look like Daisy Duke. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #15

But I thought there was no red America/blue America... blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #19

shocked. shocked i tell you. Nanjing to Seoul Sep 2013 #20

I do declare the south is still stuck in the '60's grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #21

Whats Huge is the fact that with the Election of Obama these racists in the south...... busterbrown Sep 2013 #23

Well... bearssoapbox Sep 2013 #24

the 1950 map is highly misleading dsc Sep 2013 #37

Yep. I grew up in a "white" community in California. hunter Sep 2013 #39

segregation is alive and well in california noiretextatique Sep 2013 #40

OMG Noirtextatique, I'm from Compton...lived on South Pannes between Myrrh, Alondra, Paramount and Ecumenist Sep 2013 #54

I know that area noiretextatique Sep 2013 #68

Yes, Indeed. I lived there from '70 to'77 and I don't recognise the things that are Ecumenist Sep 2013 #69

model city: compton noiretextatique Sep 2013 #73

Oklahoma was a territory in 1859. It wasn't admitted to the union as a state until 1907. LongTomH Sep 2013 #51

Former Slavery Stronghold= America ErikJ Sep 2013 #25

Not sure where you live but here in Oregon food servers are paid at least the minimum wage Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #32

When I waited tables here in Mississippi, I made $2.13 an hour. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #35

Surprise, surprise. Hulk Sep 2013 #26

Black people in those former slave strongholds are just as angry as whites? CreekDog Sep 2013 #33

please don't make this very false, dishonest equivalency noiretextatique Sep 2013 #41

You can put reasons to it if you like... Hulk Sep 2013 #43

when a racist black person noiretextatique Sep 2013 #67

You totally lost me. Hulk Sep 2013 #70

i lost you? noiretextatique Sep 2013 #72

You find it amazing that "black people" don't hate whites? whopis01 Sep 2013 #59

hell yes i find it amazing noiretextatique Sep 2013 #66

this is about counties within the South; whites who are minorities locally are the worst racists carolinayellowdog Sep 2013 #28

Thanks for clarifying that. The white people in the counties here in MS where the black LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #36

my roots are in eastern NC counties with black majorities-- and Unionist histories carolinayellowdog Sep 2013 #46

Next on eyewitness news, reports that Pope Francis...is Catholic? What we've learned may shock you. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #31

Probably reflects migration patterns more than anything else FarCenter Sep 2013 #34

Can we combine this with the South is violent thread from yesterday Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalLoner Sep 2013 #44

awesome story on your link Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #50

9 out 10 of the states those cities were in voted for Obama coldmountain Sep 2013 #60

I see! I think there is a problem with racism all over the nation. I keep LiberalLoner Sep 2013 #64

Quit defending the South, it's like a drunk saying others drink too coldmountain Sep 2013 #45

thanks from Virginia carolinayellowdog Sep 2013 #48

Most of Virginia really isn't part of the "south" anymore because of immigration coldmountain Sep 2013 #53

major immigration source: black northerners whose parents or grandparents were born in the South carolinayellowdog Sep 2013 #56

Nope ... GeorgeGist Sep 2013 #58

Really? "the whole damn world"? cordelia Sep 2013 #49

Without the South's being the Republican power base, Al Gore would have been president coldmountain Sep 2013 #52

The South-bashing gets pretty tiresome after a while, doesn't it? Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #71

This. And thank you. cordelia Sep 2013 #47

I lived in Northwest Indiana for a time, and the racism there was incredible. n/t phylny Sep 2013 #55

What a poor methodology for their "study". former9thward Sep 2013 #42

Racism is alive and well throughout the entire country etherealtruth Sep 2013 #57

Lee Atwater called it the "Southern Strategy" for a good reason and it certainly worked coldmountain Sep 2013 #61

South Boston was a former slavery stronghold? n/t hughee99 Sep 2013 #63

Racism is a technique to divide the voters. Johnny Ready Sep 2013 #65