I just have to spend about 5 minutes with relatives or my old high school peers to hear the latest reason the Jews are responsible for the downfall of the US. In public. They proudly wear Aryan race tattoos and fully embrace sundown towns. Hell my mom is like racist lite compared to everyone else but she'll talk shit any time she sees a black person in her town.
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shalafi@lemmy.world 1 week agoBullshit. I’m in the rural Deep South and have never heard a single word spoken against Jews, and very few words spoken against blacks or Hispanics.
Also, I’m a gun-toting, middle-aged white guy. The sort people like you would think is OK to spout off around. Hell, the only words I heard in support of Trump was some very low-key mumblefucking public speech, and not once during this term.
Most racist places I’ve ever lived or visited? Manhattan and Chicagoland.
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Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I’m sure that’s true to an extent. I’m not saying your experience isn’t real. I grew up in the south though, and my family is from WV. I’ve heard a lot of racist shit, though it’s mostly from older people. I’m sure it’s all dependent on context though. There’s probably no reason for people to say racist stuff most of the time because there needs to be something happening to bring it up. If there’s no black people around, or whatever group, there’s no reason to say what your views are.
I do agree that rural places have a bad reputation. Worse than is deserved. Even if Republicans consistently win, there’s still a mix of viewpoints. Even within the party there are a fair number of different reasons they at least used to use as a reason to vote for them. They were the party of “fiscal responsibility” for example (though this was a lie, but it’s at least something they said).
The issue with rural places is that you rarely come into contact with people from other backgrounds. If you hold an opinion about a group there’s rarely a chance for it to be refuted. If you’re in a more urbanizwd area then you don’t have a choice but to interact with people who are unlike yourself. You then come to understand they’re very similar to you. This isn’t to say rural is bad, but it is insular.
mx_smith@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Not sure why the down votes as I am also from the south and never met a Jew ish person until I moved out of the south. I never heard any jokes against Jews either and couldn’t even figure out how someone can tell the difference. Granted I moved out of the south a long time ago so things may have changed, but my brother-in-law is Jewish and lives in the Deep South with no problems.
sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 1 week ago
I find this super interesting.
Im from a nothern state and when Ive driven down through out-of-the way parts of virginia and north carolina I have felt deeply uncomfortable with he amount of aaaaabsolutely gigantic stars and bar flags. there is literally no way in hell anyone can convince me that isnt a dog whistle.
anyway, do you think there is a lack of actual reasons for people to overtly be saying the n-word in front of you or do you think its because white people in the south have progressive values and arent racist
stink@lemmygrad.ml 6 days ago
I stopped at a gas station in rural VA and they sold confederate flag hats. Guy above you doesn’t leave his house