Posted by:
fetching49
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Date: January 12, 2012 08:01PM
I have a question for fellow RfM's who are from or have lived in the South- Is it truly so race fueled? In particular, blacks who are angry with other blacks?
The reason why I ask is this for my brother. We are a mixed race family and he is currently stationed in N.C. All of our lives we were raised in Utah and rarely experienced any racism. Most often we were excluded for being a non-LDS family,it had nothing to do with skin color. Since being stationed in the South he has endured never-ending ridicule from other blacks. Apparently, he speaks, acts, and behaves like a white person? We were not raised that a certain race acts a certain way so this was news to the both of us. Every week for over a year I have listened to him vent about the ignorance of people who reside in this part of the country. He is really at the end of his rope. We have always been proud of our family and were taught not to be ashamed of ourselves or where we come from so to hear my own brother say he is ashamed to be black after living down there I am just floored. He says every single sterotype he has ever seen potrayed in the media he has now seen first hand.
This is the only forum I belong to where I feel comfortable asking this question. I know it's a hot topic but I really am curious. I just can't fathom living in an area that was still so segregated?