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A.Ebberbach(fgcu):Southern Racism
Racism was a cultural norm for America’s southern states for generations and has thankfully digressed over the past 50 or so years. If you were a white person in the south around that time chances are you would have had some sort of derogatory stance against black people. It would not be a strange occurrence to get on a bus and see the entire back row filled with blacks and the front whites. It was just a social construct for that particular area at that particular time. You would be different in the eyes of white and blacks alike if you felt that this was of life was wrong. It was actually strange because the idea of a white person sympathizing with the black population would shun the white person out of the white population. I compare this kind of situation to adultery in some religions; if that congregation finds out that you committed that act, they will excommunicate you along with the other person from their community. In the case of the south, whites would treat black sympathizers as blacks themselves. During the marches for civil rights whites among the blacks were beaten just a brutally if not worse than the blacks. This is the oddest thing to me; people who hate and distrust other people because of the color of their skin hate people of their color if they like the other race that is being scrutinized. This makes me think that racism is not about color but about ideals. You do not follow the same ideals; someone is not going to like you, regardless of color. I think that blacks were thought of as not having the same “beliefs” so they were perceived as a lower class in a society that had some common ideology not privy to the blacks. This might have not been the actual cause of racism, but I am sure it plays a part in some way.
6. February 2009 at 01:16
I am a white female, 21 years old and a native to south Florida. I grew up in a totally different generation than when racism was prominent. But I will tell you this living in the south, there is still racism and it’s not only in the south but everywhere it’s just illegal now. I mean if you really think about it; every since the discrimination began against another race it’s stuck within generations. It’s a belief that a parent has about something and it’s taught to their children subtly just as fairness and respect is taught and passed down. Don’t get me wrong I don’t believe in racism I am NOT racist! I love all humans and all living things. Please don’t get me wrong.
I hope that these types of beliefs are phased out over time, it’s happening now but it does need to speed up. I don’t understand why someone would have so much hatred against someone that is the same and equal to themselves but the only difference is their skin. Honestly what does that have anything to do with, the only reason there are still people out there that are racist is because the older generations are teaching and preserving that hatred. I can only think of a few ways to eliminate this type of hatred or any hatred for that matter. That is to teach not preach but teach your own children and their friends that it’s not ok and don’t tolerate the abuse from someone who believes that there is an equality difference between one race and the next. It’s rediculous! I will be honest my neighborhood where my parents live is all caucasion. There is a reason that it’s been this way and is kept this way. The majority prefers not to associate themselves with other races and naturally the neighborhood has grown on that platform. The neighborhood has been this way for 30 years. This issue doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon but it is slowly disapating… I just hope it keeps going in that direction.