Jena and racism
Sep. 22nd, 2007 11:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kallistiiOne of the thing that really stunned me when I moved to Charlotte, NC was the amount of racism that I saw. Although Charlotte is an "integrated" city, it is still racially divided by the main highway through town. If a urban center like Charolotte is still a racist, segregated city today, what hope does a small town like Jena?
I think that it is very telling that when a white person in Jena is questioned, they say everything is fine, and that there is no racism. But when a black person is asked, they say there is. About the only white person who said anything about the racist was a preacher.
The whole thing shows there is a real disconnect in the US social structure about how they think of themselves, and how people actually feel. For the most part, in many places in the US, it could be 50 years ago for all that the real movement that has been made against racism.
ttyl
I think that it is very telling that when a white person in Jena is questioned, they say everything is fine, and that there is no racism. But when a black person is asked, they say there is. About the only white person who said anything about the racist was a preacher.
The whole thing shows there is a real disconnect in the US social structure about how they think of themselves, and how people actually feel. For the most part, in many places in the US, it could be 50 years ago for all that the real movement that has been made against racism.
ttyl
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Date: 2007-09-23 04:07 am (UTC)I think its because stereotypes are so ingrained. And unless it affects someone personally, they form a kind of denial.
Its sad.