Reply #43: I don't live in SC

[ultraist]

I live in NC! LOL! NOT QUITE as bad as SC. There are serious problems in this state, no doubt, but I do love many things about the South.

It is a beautiful state with more registered Democrats than Republicans, a Democrat Governor, & Dem controlled State Congress.

I'm not so sure that racism is more extreme here in the South compared to the North anymore though. If you consider socio-economic indicators, such as educational attainment & income (things that are achieved through equal access to opportunity), the discrepanies are no different in the South.

For instance, the 7% gap in Bachelor's level edu is seen in Alabama and NY. The gap of income for those who earn over $100,000 is actually worse in NY than in Alabama. (I believe it's about 12%).

Police brutality against blacks is said to be the most severe in NYC and LA.

Life span of black males is shorter in Northern cities than in the South.

Is the South still more racist? I'm not so sure.