MovieChat Forums > Mississippi Burning (1989) Discussion > The South nowadays

The South nowadays

posted 15 years ago by ravviann
79 replies | jump to latest

I saw this movie a second time, right after "A Time to Kill", and a documentary about the KKK, but it made me wonder, how is the South right now?

I'm from Europe (and progressive left-wing and all you want), and seeing this, it's sort of unreal, but it isn't new. The South of the USA is always represented that way (thank you Hollywood and the CNN), but I wonder - in 2010 - howmuch of that is still true? I mean, you could argue that still most of the south vote republic (though usually cities tend to be more democratic), but I don't think voting right-wing makes you a short-sighted racist.

So how does the south look in 2010? Are all Americans living peacefully next to each other, or do some towns still make a distinction between colour? are there still separated toilets? do they think some fellow Americans don't wash?

I studied about fear for unknown things, but I figure the South's also living in 2010.

[–] Marcadimus 9 years ago

Ravvian,

As a Liberal living in the western US, let me say, not all Southerners are racist, nor are all Republicans. But if they are racist, there is a fairly good chance they are Republican. What is more astounding is all Republicans embrace the practice of fear.

What is truly wild is that Southerners are very hospitable and friendly, especially on the surface. They aren't even that racist towards Hispanics, Asians or Indians. It's really only Blacks they get in a tizzy about. Blacks, Jews, and Gays.

[–] froggyandtoadie 9 years ago

You're right, it really is a black/white thing in the south. 2016 and the south is still racist as *beep*.

[–] 9 years ago

[deleted]

[–] Jason-Y 9 years ago

Today's south has a lot of people who hate sensitive, concerned people, viewing them as hypocrites and preachy. However, you find the same mess in other conservative parts of the world, which is most, as most of the world is socially conservative.

Also, as I said in another thread, there is a lot of hypocrisy. Note that the most social activist areas of the US have few black people. It was true in New England and also of the Seattle area, maybe the same could be said for Canada too.

However, some places have a lot of bigotry, yet there are no black people, like in South Korea or the Phillippines, simply cause the local people are ignorant and believe a lot of what they see on television, or negative reports from the US.

[–] ryan-anderson 8 years ago

I'd say we've done pretty well as far as race relations go. Ironically enough, the most segregated regions/cities in the USA today are outside of the south. So we've made better progress than a lot of other people have.

Ignoring: QuesterJonesV, MythicCDXX, Creeping Jesus/Judas, RonPaul_Lies, Digby (and aliases), ibestupid, Holiday_Hobo, sharon_18, TilaMoo, Okie-from-Muskogee/boo321, NorCalNik, Nullifidian

[–] Balberith 8 years ago

Nikki Haley and Bobby Jindal are proof that the South has progressed.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I'm from a big city up north. Any time I roll through the South, I'm struck by how polite everyone is. A far cry from the hatred and vitriol in the north.

[–] Foster (878) 10 months ago

I moved to NC in 95, from PA

I've seen more discrimination and segregation by Blacks than whites