Is it Race or Culture?

[TommyLucchese]

@Ex-Pat

Being called a bigot is pretty much exactly the same as being called a racist.

Actually, a racist holds stereotypical views of people based on race. A bigot believes they’re superior based on those views.

Actually, it’s the difference between prejudice and bigotry, of which racism is a prejudice, and balling it all up into one word was a rhetorical mistake.

[Tilly_jow]

Texas IS part of the south.

[swriddle]

That’s food for thought, here’s another one, do we look at a culture from a stereotype we believe.

[calirepub]

@Tilly_jow

Texas IS part of the south.

I thought Texas was actually part of Mexico.

I think we should give it back. We don’t need them, and it’d be the right thing to do.

[armycowboy]

@Tilly_jow

Texas IS part of the south.

Culturally it has much more in common with the southwest than the traditional south.

[noSpaces]

I believe this is viewed as racism since some would view this attacks on non-white others as an expression of white supremacy.

[calirepub]

@armycowboy

@Tilly_jow

Texas IS part of the south.

Culturally it has much more in common with the southwest than the traditional south.

Even the eastern parts of the state?

My knowledge is that state is that of someone who only drove through the state 2-3 times. San Diego, CA to Mobile, AL is a hell of a trip solo.

I guess I spent some time in El Paso. That was basically Mexico, with an American twist.

[WuWei]

@Ex-Pat

Meant to say “isn’t much better.”

Ah so. Thanks for the clarification.

[BillBrown]

@noSpaces

I believe this is viewed as racism since some would view this attacks on non-white others as an expression of white supremacy.

Racism is an attack on a particular race. No matter how it is “viewed”, the word has a definition.

[WuWei]

@TommyLucchese

Well, no, considering most hip hop fans are white and the age range is about fifty and down now if you started with Sugar Hill or LL Cool J or whatever.

I don’t think you understand what I’m saying and I know I don’t understand you or the relevance of your post.

[armycowboy]

@calirepub

IS part of the south.

Culturally it has much more in common with the southwest than the traditional south.

Even the eastern parts of the state?

My knowledge is that state is that of someone who only drove through the state 2-3 times. San Diego, CA to Mobile, AL is a hell of a trip solo.

I’ve lived in San Antonio and I live in Corpus Christi now, so yes. Can’t really speak of the northeastern part though.

[BillBrown]

@armycowboy

@Tilly_jow

Texas IS part of the south.

Culturally it has much more in common with the southwest than the traditional south.

West Texas does. East Texas is pure old South.

[WuWei]

@Tilly_jow

Texas IS part of the south.

Actually East Texas is. The rest of the state is not. Yes, Texas seceded.

[armycowboy]

@BillBrown

Texas IS part of the south.

Culturally it has much more in common with the southwest than the traditional south.

West Texas does. East Texas is pure old South.

I don’t know. I was in El Paso for close to 5 years too.

[WuWei]

@swriddle

That’s food for thought, here’s another one, do we look at a culture from a stereotype we believe.

Excellent question! Are you asking me or should I wait?

[calirepub]

@armycowboy

I’ve lived in San Antonio and I live in Corpus Christi now, so yes. Can’t really speak of the northeastern part though.

Halfway through, when you drive through Texas, it goes from being desert to being green. I always just assumed that’s where “The South” began. Obviously there are differences in culture from any place to another, but I knew that I wasn’t in El Paso country anymore.

[WuWei]

@calirepub

I thought Texas was actually part of Mexico.

I think we should give it back. We don’t need them, and it’d be the right thing to do.

There are times when you’re funny. Given that you’re sitting in California…

[calirepub]

@armycowboy

@BillBrown

Texas IS part of the south.

Culturally it has much more in common with the southwest than the traditional south.

West Texas does. East Texas is pure old South.

I don’t know. I was in El Paso for close to 5 years too.

Stationed at Fort Bliss?

[WuWei]

@armycowboy

Culturally it has much more in common with the southwest than the traditional south.

She’s absolutely correct about East Texas.

[noSpaces]

The holding of white supremacist views and interpreting the world and others through that ideological framework would be racism.