re: I'm white and used to live in Baton Rouge

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i would appreciate serious replies only.

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I would appreciate you learning how to spell.

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I hope you find the attention you so obviously crave

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Apparently Fr33 posting the picture of him with Coco wasn't enough.

While it is true that we lost a lot of the good ones, we have gained some great ones in that time as well like City Pork, Dempsey's, Capital City Crawfish, Byronz, and soon Curbside.

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ask me anything

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Why are people from Baton Rouge so racist? Why do they act so uppity? Why do they have a East Coast accent?

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Why are people from Baton Rouge so racist?

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Because a federal judge destroyed our city with an unconstitutional, racist, desegregation order that went so far and beyond just integrating the schools that it completely collapsed the public school system.

Because races actually have to interact in Baton Rouge on a daily basis. People can't just love other people from afar. Everything is very in your face. No one in Baton Rouge is ever more than about 2 miles from a black neighborhood. These interactions can lead to a lot of friendships and understanding, but it also means the lowest common denominators in each race are exposed for everyone to see. Baton Rouge people are tired of trashy people who commit property crimes and murders, no matter what color they are.

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Why do they act so uppity?

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This, I can't tell you. I guess since Baton Rouge has the capitol, LSU, and is farther above sea level than most of the other South Louisiana cities they think they're slightly above everyone else.

It seems like Baton Rouge people do look down on those in the suburbs for certain, especially LP and AP. However, this pales in comparison to their hate of New Orleans. It's not so much looking down on New Orleans as just straight up hating the city and everything about it. Having grown up between the two cities, I simply don't understand it. Baton Rouge hates New Orleans because they're the center of attention, and seen as a drain on the rest of the state, while New Orleans barely knows Baton Rouge exists. LSU fans also have grown to be annoyed with ULL fans and Lafayette in general since Cajun fans started going full on "little brother" syndrome.

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Why do they have a East Coast accent?

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It's not so much East Coast as it is Ohio (New Orleans and Chalmette have a much more "East Coast" "Y'at" accent). That's caused by the fact that Baton Rouge is a city of transplants. While there are a few old families who have been here for over 100 years, Baton Rouge really had a lot more in common with the Mississippi Delta towns than Acadiana or Creole country at its founding. English was the predominant language and Protestants outnumbered Catholics. Many blacks moved south from the delta to Baton Rouge after Exxon was built. Exxon and the plants around the region attracted tons of people from out of state, especially Ohio, to move to Baton Rouge for work. Baton Rouge completely exploded in population between the end of WWII and 1970 with tons of people from out of state.

Basically, Baton Rouge is a melting pot where accents go to die.