My family is a multicultural one. We consist of many races and nationalities. Therefore I don’t consider myself racist. And when I say that segregation sounds like an ok idea to me, it’s not from a racist perspective.
Most of the black people in our country have a degree of white/European blood in them. So I don’t get why they would feel less than human around whites. It is understandable that anybody of any race or nationality would feel more comfortable around those like them. I think that should be respected. Cities used to have sections where like minded people or nationalities lived and/or worked. Even today, some bigger cities have a “China town”. There used to be a French quarter, or Puerto Rican quarter, Italian quarter etc. These placces were fun places to visit because you got a taste of their culture, food, traditions. People have been robbed of those traditions! You can love your special culture while still loving America! People did for years.
In my multicultural neighborhood, people keep to themselves. The blacks associate with the blacks, the hispanics the same. The whites are friendly toward everyone but the others don’t want that friendship. However, all the kids play together. If a disaster happens, they don’t want our (whites) comfort or support nor do they lend theirs when something bad happens...except for one black man. That one associates with everybody and if Im on the front porch, he will come by and have coffee.
I don’t see as much racism coming from whites as I do from nonwhites. Even among the blacks, color matters. Light colored blacks aren’t as good as dark colored blacks.
The hispanics don’t care for whites but if a white woman is dating an hispanic man, they welcome her in. Otherwise, the door is closed.
Well, there are whites who are uncomfortable with other nationalities and cultures too and have experiences the snubs offered by them.
I think there have been good and bad results as a reselt of segregation. I think its contributed to problems with gangs as it violates human nature and needs.
conservatives uphold voluntary community, quite as they oppose involuntary collectivism. Although Americans have been attached strongly to privacy and private rights, they also have been a people conspicuous for a successful spirit of community. In a genuine community, the decisions most directly affecting the lives of citizens are made locally and voluntarily. Some of these functions are carried out by local political bodies, others by private associations: so long as they are kept local, and are marked by the general agreement of those affected, they constitute healthy community. But when these functions pass by default or usurpation to centralized authority, then community is in serious danger. Whatever is beneficent and prudent in modern democracy is made possible through cooperative volition. If, then, in the name of an abstract Democracy, the functions of community are transferred to distant political direction--why, real government by the consent of the governed gives way to a standardizing process hostile to freedom and human dignity.For a nation is no stronger than the numerous little communities of which it is composed. A central administration, or a corps of select managers and civil servants, however well intentioned and well trained, cannot confer justice and prosperity and tranquility upon a mass of men and women deprived of their old responsibilities. That experiment has been made before; and it has been disastrous. It is the performance of our duties in community that teaches us prudence and efficiency and charity.