Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Here's a White guy about to stab a Black guy in the chest with an American Flag. [View all]RoccoRyg
(260 posts)129. chicago
In a book a I read about Obama's rise to power, Chicago's racist history was discussed. When Martin Luther King Jr came to this city, the animosity was so vile he started to prefer the South. Chicago was designed so that each ethnic group was segregated into specific areas. Apparently the lower class whites joined the upper class ones in hating blacks. A sad history for the city I call home.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
171 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Here's a White guy about to stab a Black guy in the chest with an American Flag. [View all]
WilliamPitt
Jun 2015
OP
The south is the only part of the country where white and black people see each other regularly
Recursion
Jun 2015
#121
You're wrong, AllTooEasy. I remember the riots in Boston. I also remember the Stuart murder case
catbyte
Jun 2015
#134
I really don't see how saying that racism is just as bad in the north as it is in the south
catbyte
Jun 2015
#140
Maybe you and I are reading the responses to AllTooEasy's post differently...
Missn-Hitch
Jun 2015
#155
Ted Landsmark's nose was broken (from a punch), and he has gone on to do a lot of work in art and
Brickbat
Jun 2015
#15
The photographer says the guy was swinging the flagpole and the swinger didn't connect.
MADem
Jun 2015
#81
I remember that horrible time but never saw this photo....racial violence, as American as apple pie.
haikugal
Jun 2015
#3
Our other disagreements notwithstanding, this is one hell of a refutation! My sincerest
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#139
I've heard people say that the South has more structural racism but individuals are friendlier...
DemocraticWing
Jun 2015
#38
Naaah...he really hasn't said "I was wrong." He said he was a hot-headed kid, but he justifies
MADem
Jun 2015
#83
I can take you to lots of racist places in California but that would ruin the DU stereotype.
Throd
Jun 2015
#48
I accept people as they come to me. "Regions" are not good or bad, "people" are.
MADem
Jun 2015
#144
I have some family roots in one region of USA, but I've spent half my life outside America.
MADem
Jun 2015
#163
That "Black guy" is Ted Landsmark, who has had a long and distinguished career in the city.
MADem
Jun 2015
#54
There are 'code word' ways of indicating it--when people start talking about the "character" of a
MADem
Jun 2015
#82
yes, there are Racists everywhere but there seems to be more acceptance of it in some Southern areas
JI7
Jun 2015
#73
I have a 60 lb terrier mix, and a 6 lb chihuahua. That little dog can hate on that big terrier all
jtuck004
Jun 2015
#117
We cannot remove a thing when we deny the full breadth of its existence...
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#168
The difference, of course, is that one group is still trying to relive the "glory days." n/t
Gore1FL
Jun 2015
#128
You don't see it much here in Seattle. Sunlight is a good disinfectsnt and all that.
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2015
#141
It's odd that focusing rather on the thought-provoking substance of your post
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#167