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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
As a northerner I will admit I don't know a whole lot about racial issues elsewhere but it was always my perception that the south was WORSE for racial tolerance than the north? Don't want to start a whole discussion on this -- just curious what this "up south" thing means.
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Burger's comment plays to this perception. You see, Boston is in the NORTH. However, Boston is perceived as being an area of extreme racial intolerance. Thus, by referring to Boston as "up [i.e., north] south [i.e., racially intolerant" the idea of racial intolerance as an anomaly in the north and the norm in the south is reaffirmed.
