Reply #27: I saw a lot of African Americans

[Gringo]

And talked to a few - and they were by far the nicest people I met. I felt a great deal of sympathy for them, having to live in a place where the dominant culture barely disguises its contempt for them.

And in my post I did say that there are a lot of fine people in the south. Southern liberals are amazing to me because they are really fighting against the stream, and have a great way of expressing themselves.

I'm from Texas, which makes me sort of a southerner. I don't have a "superiority complex". I don't like the south, and I don't much miss Texas either. It has nothing to do with "superiority". I find all the things I mentioned depressing, and sometimes even threatening. I'm annoyed at southern liberals here who stand up for those things and refuse to condemn them. I realize that racism and ignorance exist elsewhere, but at least there is an effort to stop it. The south seems to be so very proud of its ignorance and racism, and that's appalling.