This guy has a good point. In my years in the Army, I heard many more racial remarks from Yankees than from Southerners. FYI, I'm White.
Several Black friends told me that they would much rather deal with a Southerner than a Yankee. The reason all of them gave was that with a Southerner a Black knew where he stood. With a Yankee, they were always wondering where they stood.
You are so right. We moved to Boston in the mid 60's from Alabama and my husband heard more racist comments in the barber shop than he heard in Alabama. Of course, my folks would never allow any racist type talk in our house.
or to quote my college roomie: "southerners like some blacks as individuals and dislike them as a group, while yankeees like us as a group, but have no use for us as individuals."
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