[stand watie]

and you can PROVE that DE FACTO SEGREGATION in damnyankeeland was historically "the exception rather than the rule"????

i think NOT, as damnyankees have ALWAYS been INTOLERENT,RACIST & BIGOTS. it is their NATURE.

free dixie,sw

[Modernman]

and you can PROVE that DE FACTO SEGREGATION in damnyankeeland was historically "the exception rather than the rule"????

I can prove that segregation, in general, was the exception, rather than the rule in the North. Few Northern states had laws that instituted segregation. Some cities and school districts practiced de facto segregation on the sly, but they gave the practice up after lawsuits and public pressure.

On the other hand, de jure segregation was the law of the land in every Southern state, AFAIK. White people who spoke out against this practice were intimidated, assaulted, ostracized and occasionally murdered. Let's not even talk about what happened to blacks who opposed such laws. After SCOTUS outlawed segregation, Southern states went into near-open rebellion. Federal Marshals and troops had to be called in to enforce the order. In Virginia, the state actually closed its schools for a few years rather than integrate them.

So, to say that segregation in the North was anywhere near as bad as in the South defies reality. It wasn't a governor of Maine that proclaimed "Segregation forever."

And you have yet to provide evidence of government bodies engaging in segregation anywhere in the US today.