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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We recently visite Wake Forest and Elon. Coming from the DC area, it was surprising to me that all of the food service workers, security staff, and construction workers were black and the students and administrative staff were white. I haven’t really spent time in the south before, so this may be normal there, but it rubbed me the wrong way. [/quote]

This is normal in Baltimore too but I wouldn't consider it a southern city.[/quote]

Actually we are from Massachusetts, and when we moved to the DC area, I was stricken not only by the number of black workers, but at the attitudes of these workers.  It felt like they were defensive and there was truly a sense of a division based on race.  In Massachusetts and the rest of New England, there is no sense of this at all.  There is more feeling of equality.  We moved here about 10 years ago, and I am used to it now, but when I go back to NE, I am reminded at how much more pleasant black folks are in the north.  They just seem to be happier in general.[/quote]

This seems to be more common whenever there’s a large African American population.  It has nothing to do with being in the NE.  When you’re black and living in a white town in Massachusetts you probably feel like you have to fit in and act pleasant. [/quote]

This is probably the most racist thing said on this thread. And no, Massjoles are not in any way superior to Southerners when it comes to racial matters. Some of the most racist people I know are from New England.[/quote]

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