The South is also the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement and the part of the country with the highest percentage of black population.
It’s easy for folks in places like Minnesota to pretend they aren’t racist when they barely ever interact with people of other races to begin with.
Make no mistake: it’s rural people in all states who are bigots, not southerners. The only reason states in the south are still “red” is that they tend to have slightly higher percentages of rural populations than blue states do.
The South is also the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement and the part of the country with the highest percentage of black population.
It’s easy for folks in places like Minnesota to pretend they aren’t racist when they barely ever interact with people of other races to begin with.
Make no mistake: it’s rural people in all states who are bigots, not southerners. The only reason states in the south are still “red” is that they tend to have slightly higher percentages of rural populations than blue states do.
Out of necessity? And that’s hardly a positive achievement.