Southern Racism vs. Northern Racism
July 31, 2010 in Opinions
Seems like whenever racism in the south is brought up, a counter is made declaring that there’s racism in the north too, as if that somehow makes it all right. Can’t deny that racism finds a home in places other than the south but these notions got me to thinking.
Are the motivations for racism the same for everyone, or is it possible that it’s a very personal thing? Based on what I’ve seen, I have to think it’s personal rather than logical in that there seems to be no factual evidence deeming one race as superior to another.
Not to belabor a point I’ve made many times about how black people were used by white power brokers who owned slaves as wedges between them (power brokers) and the poor oppressed white. Whites were handed the notion of black inferiority on a silver platter, and this made it easier for whites to ignore how badly they were being treated…but it’s a point I have to make now in order to flesh out my thoughts on this.
The above statement pretty much explains my theory as to how southern discrimination and racial hatred started, but it doesn’t explain the hatred against blacks in the north. I think hatred and discrimination are based on two entirely separate issues: 1. Slave owners needed to divert poor whites’ attention. 2. Northerner were left to deal with a mostly uneducated population of blacks that migrated south to north. While in the south, racism seemed truly based on a notion of inferiority because of color, in the north it seemed to be based on an immediate and huge influx of poverty-stricken, uneducated people that brought havoc to the cities of the north.
Of course, we have the Federal Government and the south to thank for this sorry state of affairs. Southerners didn’t see the need to educate blacks, and in some cases made it illegal. The Federal Government gave blacks freedom on a silver platter without giving them the necessary tools.
Don’t think the U.S. government has learned its lesson yet…goals of war almost never include goals for mitigating the bound-to-happen consequence of a culture rendered destitute.
William Ray Long said on August 1, 2010
I am doing research on the price of eggs in China at this time, i will get back to you later.
Linda Guglielmo Norby said on August 1, 2010
Are you still coming to visit me at St. Vincents?
Linda Guglielmo Norby said on August 1, 2010
What’s wrong with my attitude?
William Ray Long said on August 1, 2010
ok, you win…i lose and i dont care for your attitude today, bye.
Linda Guglielmo Norby said on August 1, 2010
I will not get upset if you lose the sickenening term of “sweetums”
and refrain from saying things like, “sweetie,” & “hugs.” OK?
What takes you so long anyway…could it be that you’re searching
very hard for something that proves your ideological viewpoint, and
completely ignoring any objectivity that might be contrary to that viewpoint?
William Ray Long said on August 1, 2010
Sweetims don’t get upset, i am working on it for you.
Linda Guglielmo Norby said on August 1, 2010
Well, Ray…why don’t you point me to what the hell you’re talking about then…I provide links, you don’t. I’m gracious enough to give you something to read that reflects what I’m talking about, you don’t. Furthermore, unless I’ve gotten totally illiterate, I simply did not see a question in your original comment.
William Ray Long said on August 1, 2010
Nothing there gives an answer to my question..Thanks for trying…
Linda Guglielmo Norby said on August 1, 2010
Since you didn’t provide a link, I had to do some looking
around…this is an interesting tidbit from one of the research reports:
“Given the politically significant role that the business elite plays
in urban governance, it is often important to understand the purposes
of their actions. Leaders operate in a racially conscious society.
However, an immoderate degree of economic rationality is presumed in
the behavior of the business elite and, at times, in that of the
political leaders. Specifically, it is assumed that economic
self-interest is the dominant motive behind human behavior. This
assumption, according to Bailey (1992:40), has “minimized noneconomic
motivations in politics,” including racial factors. ”
The above confirms my theory on the origin of racial discrimination.
In my post I was not assessing current behaviors, and assumed
motivations. I was speaking to how it all started to highlight the
economics of it all. Presently, I don’t think most people know or
understand how racism was originally promoted as a business strategy.
What we’re left with is legacy, and tradition with no understanding
of the fallacy perpetuated throughout the years.
Unlike you, I will provide a link.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go2877/is_2_25/ai_n28889705/
William Ray Long said on July 31, 2010
Check out Atlanta racial motives! Get some comments from people in that area that have lived in northern cities and moved back to the Atlanta area, you need to do more research.