[stainlessbanner]

I went to a Catholic H.S. in Queens and heard the epithets "Jew Bastard" and "Nigger" more times than I'd care to remember.

Sadly, I have heard many similar stories about the North (PA, NH, and even Mass.). I honestly believe that in the South, we had to rely on each other and help each other after the War. Over the years, we (black and white) have earned respect for each other and learned to embrace our neighbors as brothers.

We don't need outsiders telling us how to get along, we don't need diversity programs! I think most Southerners would say, "we don't care how you did it back home, let us alone!"

I have to laugh at the irony of people that complain about the South and then move down here to raise a family.

[Phantom Lord]

My personal experience is that the most racist people I know are yankees who vote democrat. And usually members of a union.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

>> Over the years, we (black and white) have earned respect for each other and learned to embrace our neighbors as brothers.

I said the same thing in (#30)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/715751/posts

I feel slavery would have ended before the 20th century and with far less rancor without the Civil War.