I grew up in GA and my classy grandmother, who was a super nice person (except for the racial bias) taught me the same. I went to college in MA to 'escape' this racism - and experienced it openly and unashamedly - to my astonishment. It was more segregated there than where I grew up, which was quite desegregated by the time I went to school. I worked in MI, WI, MO, OH, IL after college and saw it openly there, as well. So, I have no more illusions.
Oh absolutely. Terrible segregation. Not just race, but by ethnicity too. Which is why you had Greek Town, Chinatown, Italian, Jewish, Spanish neighborhoods.
Sadly, you’re right.
You are 100% right. That racism has been there all along. Resentment that white people had to compete for jobs with black workers.
I grew up in GA and my classy grandmother, who was a super nice person (except for the racial bias) taught me the same. I went to college in MA to 'escape' this racism - and experienced it openly and unashamedly - to my astonishment. It was more segregated there than where I grew up, which was quite desegregated by the time I went to school. I worked in MI, WI, MO, OH, IL after college and saw it openly there, as well. So, I have no more illusions.
Oh my grandmother was from Nebraska and moved to Chicago in her 20's. Not southern at all. She didn't think she was racist.
I lived in Chicago for forty years (Hyde Park and the Northside) and it was as racially segregated as much of the South, just not as obvious.
Oh absolutely. Terrible segregation. Not just race, but by ethnicity too. Which is why you had Greek Town, Chinatown, Italian, Jewish, Spanish neighborhoods.