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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 1203089" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Ever watch movies based in the South? There's always a scene at some point that often has nothing to do with the plot. In it a black man is showing approval towards the white protagonist. It's Hollywood's not so subtle way to tell those watching that it's ok to like the protagonist. He's one of the good Southern whites. In this way Hollywood continues to promote old, tired stereotypes about Southerners and shape millions of people's views of the South. I've been in all but 4 States myself, have lived extended periods in many of them, and have found racist attitudes everywhere I've gone. And none more so than in the Northeast. It's really easy to dump on the South, you don't like the business climate afterall, but check the growth rates in the Sunbelt. Most of those many millions that have moved into the South in the last 40 years are from the North. Many were blacks who moved back to places like Atlanta and Charlotte from places like Detroit and Chicago because they just found the South to be friendlier and safer. When you drag out the old, tired stereotypes you just make yourself look ignorant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 1203089, member: 24302"] Ever watch movies based in the South? There's always a scene at some point that often has nothing to do with the plot. In it a black man is showing approval towards the white protagonist. It's Hollywood's not so subtle way to tell those watching that it's ok to like the protagonist. He's one of the good Southern whites. In this way Hollywood continues to promote old, tired stereotypes about Southerners and shape millions of people's views of the South. I've been in all but 4 States myself, have lived extended periods in many of them, and have found racist attitudes everywhere I've gone. And none more so than in the Northeast. It's really easy to dump on the South, you don't like the business climate afterall, but check the growth rates in the Sunbelt. Most of those many millions that have moved into the South in the last 40 years are from the North. Many were blacks who moved back to places like Atlanta and Charlotte from places like Detroit and Chicago because they just found the South to be friendlier and safer. When you drag out the old, tired stereotypes you just make yourself look ignorant. [/QUOTE]
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