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re: Riots In the South? Could it happen?
Posted on 4/28/15 at 10:56 am to geauxcats10
Posted on 4/28/15 at 10:56 am to geauxcats10
I don't think it COULDN'T happen. i just think it's not incredibly likely.
While I think that it's possible in some deeply segregated cities, blacks are a lot more integrated in the south than the north. i think what we've seen in Ferguson and Baltimore is youth who probably don't know and see a ton of white people in their neighborhoods. lot more of a mixture of the cultures down here and there's some names to faces that i don't think exists up there. i could be wrong, but in my time in Philly, Jersey, D.C., and NYC, there were pretty clear cut black and white areas. not saying that doesn't exist in the south, but less so.
I think blacks in the south also know that the general populace is much more armed and triggerhappy than our northern brethren and would give some pause.
While I think that it's possible in some deeply segregated cities, blacks are a lot more integrated in the south than the north. i think what we've seen in Ferguson and Baltimore is youth who probably don't know and see a ton of white people in their neighborhoods. lot more of a mixture of the cultures down here and there's some names to faces that i don't think exists up there. i could be wrong, but in my time in Philly, Jersey, D.C., and NYC, there were pretty clear cut black and white areas. not saying that doesn't exist in the south, but less so.
I think blacks in the south also know that the general populace is much more armed and triggerhappy than our northern brethren and would give some pause.
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Posted on 4/28/15 at 10:59 am to 3nOut
quote:New Orleans yes. But BR is a very segregated city still. I could easily see a situation like this happening in North BR
While I think that it's possible in some deeply segregated cities, blacks are a lot more integrated in the south than the north.
Posted on 4/28/15 at 11:02 am to 3nOut
New Orleans is not much different than Baltimore when it comes to area segregation. They are both 60% + black.
NOLA is prime for something like this is some black kid got killed by a white cop.
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NOLA is prime for something like this is some black kid got killed by a white cop.
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This post was edited on 4/28/15 at 11:04 am
Posted on 4/28/15 at 11:09 am to 3nOut
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I think blacks in the south also know that the general populace is much more armed and triggerhappy than our northern brethren and would give some pause.
Blacks ARE the general populace in the South.
Posted on 4/28/15 at 12:35 pm to 3nOut
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While I think that it's possible in some deeply segregated cities, blacks are a lot more integrated in the south than the north. i think what we've seen in Ferguson and Baltimore is youth who probably don't know and see a ton of white people in their neighborhoods. lot more of a mixture of the cultures down here and there's some names to faces that i don't think exists up there. i could be wrong, but in my time in Philly, Jersey, D.C., and NYC, there were pretty clear cut black and white areas. not saying that doesn't exist in the south, but less so.
Agree with this completely. Once heard a black truck driver say he's treated differently more outside the South and it's because we laid issues of racism out on the table early in the South so we've dealt with it, whereas other places have kept it under the table and tried to pretend it doesn't exist. I don't think we dealt with it gracefully by any means but I think there's some truth there. Sure, there are still issues but it feels like we've tried to move on here more than elsewhere.
We live amongst each other more in the South than anywhere else in the country. People fail to realize that in other regions.
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