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Is racism in the southern U.S. different than other parts of the country?

I've heard that parts of the southern U.S. have Jim Crow era racism, but I have never been there so I wouldn't know first hand.
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TurtlePink · 22-25, F
Yes! Especially In small redneck towns, they get away with a lot of racist things. Take Harrison Arkansas for example. That’s literally the kkk headquarters. And then my tiny redneck town I had to go to school in, the schoolbard there was racist towards the small Hispanic population that they antagonized. And so it got around that my school district was racist. And even to this day when I tell people I grew up in that tiny redneck town they can’t believe it because they hear a lot of racism coming out of it but it was mainly towards Hispanic people because there wasn’t any black kids until I came I was literally the only black person in the school district for the longest time but I didn’t start to get treated differently until President Obama became President. And I felt so bad for all the minority students rather they were Hispanic, black, Asian, Marshallese what ever all those students who had to go to white school districts had it so bad.
Zonuss · 46-50, M
@TurtlePink I have heard even Whites tell me about places like SouthWestern Ohio, and
Western Pennsylvania. Some have said it is more racist than the South.

Unless you are in Arkansas or Mississippi. 🙂