[Augustine23547]

I have lived in the South and have had great relationships with black people all my life. There are common traits, most cultural, a few genuinely racial (e.g., body fat distribution), but the same can be said of any group. I’ve heard it said that ‘Southerners like blacks as individuals but not as a group, whereas Northerners like blacks as a group but not as individuals’. Northerners enjoy the moral high ground that comes from not being associated with slavery, but I think blacks would be very disappointed and hurt at some of the racist things Northerners say behind their backs. Southerners are unfairly demonized as being quintessential racists; I think if a few Northerners came down here and watched us work together, play together, and just in general enjoying one another’s company, they’d learn something. At least with the Confederate flag debate in several Southern states (South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi), both sides say exactly how they feel about it. That’s a kind of sincerity I don’t find among Northerners.

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Name : Augustine23547, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 40, City : Columbia, State : SC, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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