Did any of you see Pat Cadell on Hannity’s show this past week? He was in Charleston, I believe. As you know, he was in the midst of the civil rights movement during the ‘60s.
He stated more than once...and was emphatic...that the south is the most integrated, and most receptive, to persons of color than anywhere else in the country. Of course, that’s not a direct quote, but it’s close to it.
Having grown up during those times in the south...spending a lot of time there now...and now living in Portland, OR...which is the polar opposite of the south...I believe it to be true.
I think a bigger contrast than North/South is rural/suburban versus urban/suburban. In many the cases the South tends to be more harmonious because the South is more rural and thus more resistant to the secular dehumanizing tendencies in urban and suburban culture.