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hughee99

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63. South Boston was a former slavery stronghold? n/t

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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