Having lived in the South for 40 years I have
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i lived in the deep south for 18 yrs and didnt see much, but the racism I did see was ridiculous.
I have lived throughout the South since early 60s broken by periods of return to WV
Louisiana in early 60s, racism was substantial by both colors
North Carolina in late 60s racism per se was unnoticeable, but the people were very clannish identified by school they attended. WVians not popular.
Florida in mid 70s no real problem since I only met two native to Fla
South Carolina currently and the people are extremely friendly and races are not noticeably disagreeable. What there is, is shown by young black males.
I only lived in one location within these states and do not suggest what I found was state-wide. Universally, I have found most of the time the races segregate themselves even with no requirement they do so a social functions.
And there we have it. The board blowhard has chimed in to judge people for their opinions. How christian.
is that the same "wise man" who said....."if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor"?[sick]
Walter Scott (RIP) disagrees.
Lennon Lacy (RIP) disagrees.
Did you totally miss the news two weeks ago?
What rock have you been living under?
1 nut job? If someone had the time, they could list thousands of incidents in the last year. I just listed three very heinous incidents off the top of my head. LMAO.
Why don't you read the post that started the thread and then maybe you can understand the subsequent responses.
Chicago was yet again riddled with a flurry of shootings this Fourth of July weekend, with at least 47 wounded and nine killed.
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy expressed his frustration with the gun situation at a news conference Sunday. McCarthy pleaded for harsher sentencing in illegal gun possession cases.
Specifically, McCarthy cited the shooting death of seven-year-old Amari Brown, who was killed close to midnight on Saturday. Police believed Amari’s father was the intended target in the shooting, McCarthy said. Amari’s father has gang connections, the superintendent said, and his most recent in a long series of arrests was for gun possession in April.
“If Mr. Brown is in custody, his son is alive,” McCarthy said, arguing Brown should have faced a harsher penalty for the gun possession charge.
Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 202
Shot & Wounded: 1152
Total Shot: 1354
Total Homicides: 234
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy expressed his frustration with the gun situation at a news conference Sunday. McCarthy pleaded for harsher sentencing in illegal gun possession cases.
Specifically, McCarthy cited the shooting death of seven-year-old Amari Brown, who was killed close to midnight on Saturday. Police believed Amari’s father was the intended target in the shooting, McCarthy said. Amari’s father has gang connections, the superintendent said, and his most recent in a long series of arrests was for gun possession in April.
“If Mr. Brown is in custody, his son is alive,” McCarthy said, arguing Brown should have faced a harsher penalty for the gun possession charge.
Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 202
Shot & Wounded: 1152
Total Shot: 1354
Total Homicides: 234
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Baltimore’s murder rate is up 48 percent in 2015, the Baltimore Sun‘s Jessica Anderson reports Thursday, with 148 tallied homicides.
With four shooting victims dying over the weekend and into Monday morning, Milwaukee's ruthless pace of homicides continued unabated in the second quarter of the year.
As of Monday morning, 74 people have been killed in homicides — double the number of victims in the first six months of last year. The grim tally also is nearly double the number of victims in the first half of each of the preceding four years.
Through June 7, Detroit police have recorded 115 homicides.
June 27, 2014 5:30 PM
6 Murders, 9 Shootings In Detroit Over 24 Hours
Oakland CA Homicide Rate,46 murders in 2015 as of early July.
St. Louis has already seen nearly 90 killings in 2015, about a 45 percent increase compared with last year. And homicides in 2014 jumped by about 30 percent compared with 2013.
With four shooting victims dying over the weekend and into Monday morning, Milwaukee's ruthless pace of homicides continued unabated in the second quarter of the year.
As of Monday morning, 74 people have been killed in homicides — double the number of victims in the first six months of last year. The grim tally also is nearly double the number of victims in the first half of each of the preceding four years.
Through June 7, Detroit police have recorded 115 homicides.
June 27, 2014 5:30 PM
6 Murders, 9 Shootings In Detroit Over 24 Hours
Oakland CA Homicide Rate,46 murders in 2015 as of early July.
St. Louis has already seen nearly 90 killings in 2015, about a 45 percent increase compared with last year. And homicides in 2014 jumped by about 30 percent compared with 2013.
Obama has done splendid with race relations. Just look at the results.
Schmoozing with Al Sharpton has done wonders as well.
Schmoozing with Al Sharpton has done wonders as well.
LMAO! Yep, it's all Obama's fault. That evil bastard; look what he did to Greece. And all these tornadoes and flooding; damn him.
Do you think he has done a good job with race relations? Bridging the gap? I mean, "There are no red states and there are no blue states, there is only the United States"
How do you think he will go down historically, 10, 20 or 50 years from now, as far as race relations go?
I think there are a lot of Americans that will hate him regardless of what he does. I think there are a lot of Americans that hate him because he is black and I think there are a lot of Americans that hate him because he has a D with his political party affiliation.
Race relations in this country is a mixed bag; some things show some improvement and some things show we are still stuck in 1963.
Yeah, you are right. Racism in the south is just like Global Warming.....it's mythical and created by the liberals. [pfftt]
Not really a relevant comparison. None of those 4 come from a white mother and black father. None of those 4 were elected under the guise of hope and change.
Unfortunately, since he became President, race relations and discussion hasn't progressed much at all. IMHO he blew the opportunity to bring about real discussion and change and instead pandered to parties.
Yeah, so the POTUSs of the majority group bear less of the burden of improving relations than does the POTUS of the minority group. That makes perfect sense. After all, the majority of the people are much more likely to be persuaded by the minority POTUS than by the majority POTUS. (That's sarcasm BTW.)
I have lived throughout the South since early 60s broken by periods of return to WV
Louisiana in early 60s, racism was substantial by both colors
North Carolina in late 60s racism per se was unnoticeable, but the people were very clannish identified by school they attended. WVians not popular.
Florida in mid 70s no real problem since I only met two native to Fla
South Carolina currently and the people are extremely friendly and races are not noticeably disagreeable. What there is, is shown by young black males.
I only lived in one location within these states and do not suggest what I found was state-wide. Universally, I have found most of the time the races segregate themselves even with no requirement they do so a social functions.
I don't put the blame on Obama for the unacceptable slaughter of African Americans we see in many urban areas around this country. I do think it is fair to point out that all the cities I posted murder stats on are and have been controlled by Democrats. All those cities also have supposedly very strict gun laws. Some people just accept what is happening. They are quick to scream "injustice" but apparently are blind to the far greater slaughter going on. Those same people don't seem to respond to the many posts I have made in regard to this subject.