"Minnesota is Mississippi with snow"

[Coventina]

was a comment I heard on MSNBC last night.

I think it was said by a former head of the NAACP.

He went on to say that the racial inequities in Minnesota has a long history.

I was unaware of this history of Minnesota.

(I have never lived there. Visited Minneapolis once for a conference).

Any Minnesotans want to comment?

Do you see this as the reality?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. The idea of a "Blue State" and a "Red State" are complete fictions.

There are tons of conservative bastions in California and plenty of liberal enclaves within Alabama.

The idea that an entire state could be considered a political monolith is ridiculous.

[Coventina]

3. Agree to an extent. However, certainly states tend to lean one way or the other.

But, as we have unfortunately seen, racism exists in liberals as well as conservatives.

Even a "blue" state can be rife with racism.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. Dick Gregory's observation applies well.

"Down South, white folks don't care how close I get as long as I don't get too big. Up North, white folks don't care how big I get as long as I don't get too close."

The Minneapolis Police Department in particular has a deeply racist history, and the Twin Cities have a history of redlining that still apparent today. We like to congratulate ourselves on our midwestern progressivism, but there are deep-rooted racist issues that affect everything if not directly addressed.

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. I live in New Orleans and have heard something similar.

The saying goes:

"Southerners like individual black people but don't like African Americans as a group. Northerners like African Americans as a whole, but don't like individual black people."

I didn't understand it the first time I heard it and I still don't.

[MineralMan]

4. Racism and Racial Injustice Exist Everywhere.

Wherever there is an identifiable minority, that minority will face discrimination.

[MenloParque]

6. It's everywhere

I’m learning many of my colleagues in the tech sector in the San Francisco Bay Area are extreme conservatives. I’ve also noticed much more pro-gun, 2nd Amendment, Don’t tread on me, shitty bumper stickers in my neighborhood in Menlo/Palo Alto. Wtf is going on in California?!?!!?

[cureautismnow]

7. They're selling postcards of the hanging...

June 1920.