It's a southern steriotype. As there are English, French, German, Candian, African, Australian and many more steriotypes, yours is just worst.
So everyone in the southern US is a racist hick?
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See...that would make sense if the south was filled with wonderful nonracist people. The issue is that there are so many thins that point the the area as still bein a hotbed of racism. The laws, the rhetoric, the elected officials, hell...even how some people act just screams racist hick. Its an unfair stereotype for sure, but its a stereotype that the south as a whole does very little to stop.LANCE420 said:
I agree with you that there are many people around here that don't exactly help our image, but the thing that gets me is that I've known or heard about as many racists or bigots from other parts of the country as I have from the South. Maybe it's just the area I grew up in, but I really haven't had to deal with or listen to that much blatant racism as opposed to what a lot of people consider the norm for the South.shintakie10 said:
There is definitely some truth to the stereotype, but I don't automatically assume every southerner is racist.
However, the accent hurts my ears, and I don't know why.
However, the accent hurts my ears, and I don't know why.
I disagree. I am not from the South (I'm from the west coast) nor have I ever spent much time there. However, as a American, I have had alot of contact with people from the south. Even my best friend is from Florida. I don't think they are racist.
We may think we're different here in the USA, but an American is a American, and even though were different and whatever the media says otherwise, we have cohesion here.
Oh, and as far as laws, our Federal consitiution (since the Civil Rights act of 1964) does not permit any sort of racial profiling or discrimination. They can't pass any racist laws even if they wanted too.
We may think we're different here in the USA, but an American is a American, and even though were different and whatever the media says otherwise, we have cohesion here.
Oh, and as far as laws, our Federal consitiution (since the Civil Rights act of 1964) does not permit any sort of racial profiling or discrimination. They can't pass any racist laws even if they wanted too.
Well, to me, history speaks wonders. But my Canadian ass has been closely watching the U.S since 2000 (went oversea's on tour during that time). Less so now, I have given up on the U.S ever changing. I have a very negative view of the U.S in general and have a harsh stigma of the southern states. At this point, I don't care enough to even figure out if an American with a southern accent has good intent or not (in this case, blindly racist)...I will not give them the chance for a half way view on meeting them. This is due mainly from the reelection of Bush in regards to Iraq and the voting tendancies of the bible belt and lower.
The main thing is no matter if the average southerner is racist or not, I feel they are ignorant. Ignorant to there countries history and actions, ignorant to how there voting tendancies negatively effect the rest of the world and ignorant to anything outside their comfort zone. That's good enough for me to generalize them negatively as a whole since the majority makes a difference in a democracy. 8 years of spitting in the face of your allies will do that.
And I understand that my view point of pure prejudice is quite ignorant, but I have been talking to Americans for years about the issues online and off with a "forgive yourself and forget attitude" result after electing Obama. I will NEVER forget 2000-2008, and if that means now calling a southerner automatically racist, works for me. That answer your question from this foriegners point of view?
The main thing is no matter if the average southerner is racist or not, I feel they are ignorant. Ignorant to there countries history and actions, ignorant to how there voting tendancies negatively effect the rest of the world and ignorant to anything outside their comfort zone. That's good enough for me to generalize them negatively as a whole since the majority makes a difference in a democracy. 8 years of spitting in the face of your allies will do that.
And I understand that my view point of pure prejudice is quite ignorant, but I have been talking to Americans for years about the issues online and off with a "forgive yourself and forget attitude" result after electing Obama. I will NEVER forget 2000-2008, and if that means now calling a southerner automatically racist, works for me. That answer your question from this foriegners point of view?
Even though I have a bit of a Southern accent myself... (to determine the severity, watch a bit of this video and tell me if your ears bleed! Haha.)ultrachicken said:
Okay, I don't know about the rest of your post, but that last statement really confuses me. I just googled "state flags of the usa". Know how many Stars and Bars I saw? One. It's the top-left quarter of the Mississippi state flag. Maybe Alabama, has some similarities if you look hard enough. So how do 1.5 flags (maybe) count as "most"?Kyp said:
I didn't really notice your accent. If you hadn't told me you had one before I watched the video, I wouldn't have noticed it at all.KdS_22 said:
Don't Worry, the feelings mutual. We Americans(conservative or liberal) don't think much of Canadians either.Samcanuck said:
P.S. If Obama rasies taxes on the Capital Gains and creates a VAT tax, there might be another American running around BC (namely me) because it will be cheaper to do business in Canada.
Yes it does and thank you for being honest. I appreciate it. I don't approve of some of the things that happened during the Bush administration and many of the peoples' general attitudes towards our government as well, but I don't really want to get into a political discussion atm because it's late and I'm running on Monsters *_*Samcanuck said:
Isn't it in the South the "******" term was born? And the "negro" term?
I could be wrong, but those two words will forever haunt the south if true.
And foremost, if people believe it's true.
I could be wrong, but those two words will forever haunt the south if true.
And foremost, if people believe it's true.
Oh I know, the U.S actions show that they feel that way about there allies in general. Little wonder why Alqueda attacked your country on sept 11 after you showed them how much you 'care' for there alliance after the Russian/Afghan war, now isn't it.LANCE420 said:
And hell, it isn't Obama's fault that your country undercutted your middle class and did business on borrowed money now is it? How many Trillions in debt is the U.S to China now, anyways?
