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Originally posted by evenodds
It's different up north where can you have a winking understanding of not wanting those people in your club. Down here, you either have them in your club or you don't. I am proud to say that they are in my club.
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That's actually one of the clearer statements I've heard about the differences between racism in the north and the south. In my experience, in the south, people may just let their racist flag fly (over the capital, even), but, at the same time, the south is much more geographically and socially integrated than the north, and the different races, racist or not, actually interact with each other much more regularly and much more familiarly than they do in the north. Maybe it has to do with southern economics more than history, I don't know, but that "winking" up here extends to a hell of a lot more than club memberships and promotions. It extends to even acknowledging the problem. Down south, at least it is dealt with instead of denied.
BR(random observation, back to lurking)C
