2020 NFL Draft/Offseason thread

[bayareabadger]

I like Fox Bros. better which is probably racist because they are two white guys from Texas.  Who knew they did BBQ in Texas?  Not me.

The one time I went, the brisket was just so-so. 

[OrangeAfroMan]

I want you to visit 100 rural GA towns.  And count on your fingers how many aren't segregated.
Try being a fly on the wall in a white home in rural GA during Obama's 8 years.  Be one in a black home now.  

Then tell me all about how hard racism is to find in GA.  Tell me how progressive everyone is.  Please, tell me.

[CWSooner]

I want you to visit 100 rural GA towns.  And count on your fingers how many aren't segregated.
Try being a fly on the wall in a white home in rural GA during Obama's 8 years.  Be one in a black home now. 

Then tell me all about how hard racism is to find in GA.  Tell me how progressive everyone is.  Please, tell me.

So "progressive" = "non-racist"?
Go read some about our great progressive POTUS, Woodrow Wilson, and get back to me about that.

[OrangeAfroMan]

So "progressive" = "non-racist"?
Go read some about our great progressive POTUS, Woodrow Wilson, and get back to me about that.

Why are you conjuring a detour?  Yes, social progress leaves racism behind, if you deem racism bad.

[Cincydawg]

Racism is easy to find in Georgia, as it is in every state.  Boston is a very racist segregated place also, and it's not in Georgia.  So is Chicago.  I don't know of a major city that is not segregated significantly.

Georgia very nearly elected a black female governor.  What does that mean?  South Carolina has a black Senator.

Saying there are racists in Georgia is like calling water wet.  Claiming nearly everyone in Georgia is a racist is an over generalization.  And claiming it is uniquely true about Georgia and not other states is obviously false as well.

I also wonder how many of the black Georgians one could consider as being racists.  Or the Hispanics.  Or the well educated.  And of course 60% of the population of the state lives in metro Atlanta, which doesn't mean there aren't racists here, but they do tend to be better educated than those in small towns about the state, and more progressive, and more tolerant, in general.

[MrNubbz]

The Egg Lobby is Racist - True Story.I eat brown eggs - what is the world coming to?

[CWSooner]

Since 1970, there has been a reverse migration of black Americans back to the South.  From 1916 to about 1970, there was an out-migration of southern blacks to industrial cities in the NE, MW, and far W.  That began reversing about 50 years ago.  But the South is still far less "black" than it was 100 years ago.

Georgia in 1900 was 46.7% black in 1900.  It reached a low of 25.9% in 1970 and as of the 2010 census it was at 30.5%.

Some African Americans must feel that Georgia is more appealing than some northern states.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Racism is easy to find in Georgia, as it is in every state.  Boston is a very racist segregated place also, and it's not in Georgia.  So is Chicago.  I don't know of a major city that is not segregated significantly.  This doesn't negate anything, lol.

Georgia very nearly elected a black female governor.  What does that mean?  South Carolina has a black Senator.  It means a lot of black people live in these states, lol.

Saying there are racists in Georgia is like calling water wet.  Claiming nearly everyone in Georgia is a racist is an over generalization.  And claiming it is uniquely true about Georgia and not other states is obviously false as well.  Take it up with Josh Fields, not me.

I also wonder how many of the black Georgians one could consider as being racists.  Or the Hispanics.  Or the well educated.  And of course 60% of the population of the state lives in metro Atlanta, which doesn't mean there aren't racists here, but they do tend to be better educated than those in small towns about the state, and more progressive, and more tolerant, in general.

I'll just say that public behavior is often different from private thoughts.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Some African Americans must feel that Georgia is more appealing than some northern states.

It's the weather, right?

[betarhoalphadelta]

I'll just say that public behavior is often different from private thoughts.

I hear more outright racist BS here in SoCal than I did during my two years in lily-white Marietta GA. 

[OrangeAfroMan]

I hear more outright racist BS here in SoCal than I did during my two years in lily-white Marietta GA.

Exactly.

[MaximumSam]

I'll push back only to the extent that segregation has occurred everywhere, in every state. 

[OrangeAfroMan]

Funny note on Marietta:
the first 2 famous people listed on Marietta's wiki page are
Big Boss Man, of WWE
&
Alton Brown, of Food Network


That's a helluva couple.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Alton Brown, of Food Network

I saw him in our Publix parking lot one day while living there. I wanted to say hello, but I never want to be "that guy". 

Interestingly, the big news for riders of the Suzuki SV650 in the early 2000's was that it was the same bike Alton rode, and it made an appearance or two on "Good Eats" over the years. 

Alton Brown was the reason I got into homebrewing. I saw his homebrewing episode of Good Eats in 2005, and said "I could do that", which turned into "I really need to try that", and after Christmas 2005, I was a homebrewer as of early 2006.