Blackbird said:Greetings All,
I agree with ya. I'm a down south brother from Louisiana, but I lived in Minneapolis before. I lived over North on 56th and Penn. Minneapolis, I once wrote, was a science project on intolerable tolerance. There are many interracial couplings, even my cousin is married to a white woman. I concur - I was deemed weird because I loved the sistas and many Black women, those whom were relocated transplants like myself, often said it was refreshing to find a brother into them. Needless to say, I had alot of fun with Black women in Minneapolis.
However, don't pass on the South. Everything is not peaches and cream. The racism attitude has become ingrained in a social interaction that has existed for centuries. There is very unique dance between black and white folks in the south. Ironically, there is also an understanding between the two groups - everybody knows their place and no one, except those from the outside, would buck the arrangement that has been made.
Now, I'm out West and I'm amazed at how integrated Black folks are out here. It's spooky.
Blackbird
I Believe the reason why the south seems like it has less racism, is because it's racism is out on front street. In my opinion, I prefer to know where I Stand (This is how we do it back home in Florida) than to be trying to solve racial conundrums everyday. Such as here in Minneapolis, When I was terminated from Target Technology Services for learning to Fast.