I am from the south. Even though I was born and raised in NW Florida, my little hometown is so close to the Florida/Alabama border that there is almost no difference in the two. Sure Florida's peninsula is a little more enlightened than the area I still live in, but, not much! (Marco Rubio - 'nuff said) But somewhere along the lines, I developed a soul, a conscience, I don't know what so that I understand that judging others on the basis of their appearance, their beliefs, their lifestyle is not acceptable. (I am not trying to say I learned this on my own, my parents did raise me to believe that all people are equal) Many who still live in that little hometown are still horrible racists although they hide it behind the birther issue (dead giveaway in my eyes), or their belief in a 'free' America.
But to come across two separate articles on the same blasted day about the rampant racism of the south makes me wonder if we have not started some space/time reversal process. I just posted about the 'church' service that was restricted to white 'christians' only and now: “an awful lot of made-up criticism about, for instance, the founders intruding on the Indians or having slaves or being hypocrites in one way or another," Tennessee has decided to 'help' history by, well, changing it. Or at least whitewashing (pun not intended but it works).
Early in 2011 the TEA BAGGERS in Tennessee made some
suggestions demands of the newly elected Legislators -
to "fix" history so that the founders didn't appear so mean. This occurred in other states (Texas) as well, but it did not go very far in Tennessee, but HEY!
They're back.
OK, to be truthful even the 2nd link is six months old, but I missed it then.
Either way, attempts are being made across this nation to stop teaching the truth of history, at least as far as we know it. In Texas. In Tennessee. Probably in Georgia and Alabama and Florida.
It is disturbing on more levels than I can even comprehend.
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There's an old saying about racism. Northerners love blacks as a race but not as individuals. Southerners love blacks as individuals but not as a race. From where I sit, I see more racism coming from blacks than I do from whites, but I'm willing to cut them a little slack. It takes more than one or two generations to change attitudes.
Well, I LOVE the human race as a whole, but I am not crazy about most individuals. I do see some racism from black people, but it does not seem as prevelant as that from the white people. Of course a lot of that is perspective and part of the country and, well, just the people that you know. :-)
Still it's a said commentary on our society.
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