Another terrible race motivated attack.

[a completely inoffensive name]

I love how removing symbols of oppression, renaming streets and removing racist police forces is akin to ripping babies from their mothers.

[a completely inoffensive name]

I hope some people actually look at the policies of radical reconstruction during the 1860s and 1870s. It was because of these attempts at destroying southern culture that blacks achieved for the first time representation in office. Moderate Republicans at the time felt that simply encoding into law the rights of blacks would be enough to protect blacks once the South re-integrated into the Union. What became of that was Jim Crow and the perversion of the law through inaction by racist police and loopholes written into law by racist state governments. There are more than a few districts in the deep south who still have not elected a black representative since the 1880s, despite the demographics of the area.

You people have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to the insidious nature of racism against blacks in the South and midwest.

[PanzerJaeger]

You people have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to the insidious nature of racism against blacks in the South and midwest.

I'm wondering if you do. The South you want to reconstruct appears to be more caricature than reality, decades behind the curve.

It's actually fascinating how close to Dylann Roof's line of reasoning you've come in this thread without even realizing it.

[a completely inoffensive name]

I'm wondering if you do. The South you want to reconstruct appears to be more caricature than reality, decades behind the curve.

It's actually fascinating how close to Dylann Roof's line of reasoning you've come in this thread without even realizing it.

So I looked into the criteria that the studies based their findings and it is misleading imo. The worst cities are the worst because they are cities built around manufacturing which are now crumbling, or they are metropolitan areas which are super expensive to live in like Chicago, and LA. The south fares well under their criteria only because industry has moved there due to lack of unions and because the area has a much lower cost of living. I'm sure whites in the south are faring better than those in Detroit and Milwaukee at this point.

Edit: best example from the interactive map that was on the USA today article is the southern California rankings. Ventura county is ranked extremely high. Riverside county is ranked extremely high. LA county is ranked extremely low. Ventura and riverside area is generally where you go for cheap housing and a crappy commute. This study says nothing in particular about how black people are treated and everything to do with cost of living.

[Greyblades]

I love how removing symbols of oppression, renaming streets and removing racist police forces is akin to ripping babies from their mothers.

...a way to misread my post. You wanna do it within your lifespan you gotta get nasty, taking their flags and place names will do nothing but poss people off.