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Is Ohio The Most Racist State In America
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It would be close. Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Pennsylvania are all in that conversation. Cincinnati used to be super racist. Cincinnati used to be so racist that the Reds owner Marge Schott felt comfortable calling Eric Davis and Dave Parker her million dollar ******s around folks and nobody even looked up from what they were doing. Those were not even her only racial slurs.
I found the most racist people I ever dealt with directly in Ohio.
Full disclosure: PAWGing. Thinking shyt was sweet. Hanging out in little ass towns. Im pretty sure these people were legit Klan members, or at least the type.
Full disclosure: PAWGing. Thinking shyt was sweet. Hanging out in little ass towns. Im pretty sure these people were legit Klan members, or at least the type.
The western part of Ohio….
I have to agree with u because I have family in the shaker and Cleveland heights area
I noticed the farthest west u go in Ohio and south of Toledo the more racist trump redneck areas u get leading into Indiana
Up here in Cleveland we good, could be worse. We just deal with suburban white folks cosplaying as rednecks and shyt
Definitely there are states that are more racist
I have to agree with u because I have family in the shaker and Cleveland heights area
I noticed the farthest west u go in Ohio and south of Toledo the more racist trump redneck areas u get leading into Indiana
The El Paso Times
Fri, April 7, 2023 at 11:13 AM EDT
White supremacist activity in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2022, and Texas had the nation's highest rate at 537 incidents, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
The ADL's annual assessment, which tracks white supremacist events and propaganda efforts across the nation, documented more than 6,700 such events last year, a 32% increase over 2021, with specifically antisemitic incidents more than doubling from 352 in 2021 to 852 last year.
“We’re disappointed and alarmed to see Texas at the top of the list,” ADL Southwest Regional Director Mark B. Toubin said in a news release. “Over the past year and half, many residents in our region have reported white supremacist propaganda strewn overnight on their lawn or driveway within rock-filled plastic bags. In response, all Texans must resist these efforts at intimidation as well as speak out against this unconcealed display of antisemitism and hate.”
The following are some of the assessment's key findings:
On March 1, 2022, the Texas-based Patriot Front distributed propaganda that contained slogans such as "To Ourselves and Our Posterity," "Victory or Death" and "America First," a common refrain of supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
In September 2022, the same group circulated propaganda reading "Reject Poison," "Not Stolen, Conquered" and "Reclaim America." A month later, an unidentified El Paso synagogue received a threatening email via its online contact form, including anti-Semitic language and support for the Holocaust.
The same day as the synagogue message was received, Patriot Front distributed "America First" propaganda in nearby Fabens.
But while El Paso has seen only a handful of the incidents documented by the ADL, Border Network for Human Rights founder and Executive Director Fernando Garcia said his organization has seen firsthand the growing threat of race-based hate.
Border Network for Human Rights Executive Director Fernando Garcia speaks during a march from Chihuahuita Park to Sacred Heart church to protest the expansion of Title 42 ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to El Paso on Jan. 7.More
"We've been working very hard across the state and we've seen how Texas has become the epicenter of white supremacism, along with racism and xenophobia," Garcia said. "Even before 2019, before the Walmart attack, we saw the elements here in El Paso of an increase in this vitriol and supremacist rhetoric."
Garcia noted that shortly after the racist mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart in August 2019, the organization's headquarters were vandalized. Further, he and members of his staff are regularly the victims of threatening phone calls and emails, so much so that the organization has now installed security cameras at its offices.
A few years later, during the worst throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, Garcia recalled seeing "very aggressive" caravans of oversized pickups "linked to the Trumpist agenda" roaming the city.
During an event protesting Trump's visit to the border, supporters of the former president showed up in force shouting racist epithets at the gathered crowd, he said.
"When Walmart, happened, it was a big shock at the moment, but it wasn't a surprise for us because we saw the elements before that," Garcia said. "This has been something that is of concern; we know there's the existence of that, but we're worried about what some people becoming fanatics can do."
Study: Texas saw nation's highest rate of white supremacist activity in 2022
Adam Powell, El Paso TimesFri, April 7, 2023 at 11:13 AM EDT
White supremacist activity in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2022, and Texas had the nation's highest rate at 537 incidents, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
The ADL's annual assessment, which tracks white supremacist events and propaganda efforts across the nation, documented more than 6,700 such events last year, a 32% increase over 2021, with specifically antisemitic incidents more than doubling from 352 in 2021 to 852 last year.
“We’re disappointed and alarmed to see Texas at the top of the list,” ADL Southwest Regional Director Mark B. Toubin said in a news release. “Over the past year and half, many residents in our region have reported white supremacist propaganda strewn overnight on their lawn or driveway within rock-filled plastic bags. In response, all Texans must resist these efforts at intimidation as well as speak out against this unconcealed display of antisemitism and hate.”
The following are some of the assessment's key findings:
- White supremacist groups increasingly used banners, often draped over highway overpasses, to publicize their message. The ADL recorded at least 252 banner drops last year, a 38% increase over the 183 counted in 2021.
- The ADL documented 167 white supremacist events, a 55% increase over the 108 recorded the previous year, with events taking place in 33 states, with the most activity (from most to least active) in Massachusetts, California, Ohio and Florida. The White Lives Matter network was responsible for 43% of these events.
- The ADL recorded 219 incidents of white supremacist propaganda distribution on campuses, a 6% decrease compared to 2021 and the lowest number since ADL began tracking in 2017. While the majority of these incidents occurred on college or university campuses, at least 11 incidents were reported on K-12 campuses.
- On-campus propaganda was recorded in 39 states, with the highest levels of activity (from most to least active) in Texas, Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan.
White supremacists in El Paso
According to the ADL's Hate, Extremism, Antisemitism, Terrorism (HEAT) Map, which provides a geographical breakdown of white supremacist incidents across the country, El Paso experienced three white supremacist incidents last year.On March 1, 2022, the Texas-based Patriot Front distributed propaganda that contained slogans such as "To Ourselves and Our Posterity," "Victory or Death" and "America First," a common refrain of supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
In September 2022, the same group circulated propaganda reading "Reject Poison," "Not Stolen, Conquered" and "Reclaim America." A month later, an unidentified El Paso synagogue received a threatening email via its online contact form, including anti-Semitic language and support for the Holocaust.
The same day as the synagogue message was received, Patriot Front distributed "America First" propaganda in nearby Fabens.
But while El Paso has seen only a handful of the incidents documented by the ADL, Border Network for Human Rights founder and Executive Director Fernando Garcia said his organization has seen firsthand the growing threat of race-based hate.
Border Network for Human Rights Executive Director Fernando Garcia speaks during a march from Chihuahuita Park to Sacred Heart church to protest the expansion of Title 42 ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to El Paso on Jan. 7.More
"We've been working very hard across the state and we've seen how Texas has become the epicenter of white supremacism, along with racism and xenophobia," Garcia said. "Even before 2019, before the Walmart attack, we saw the elements here in El Paso of an increase in this vitriol and supremacist rhetoric."
Garcia noted that shortly after the racist mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart in August 2019, the organization's headquarters were vandalized. Further, he and members of his staff are regularly the victims of threatening phone calls and emails, so much so that the organization has now installed security cameras at its offices.
A few years later, during the worst throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, Garcia recalled seeing "very aggressive" caravans of oversized pickups "linked to the Trumpist agenda" roaming the city.
During an event protesting Trump's visit to the border, supporters of the former president showed up in force shouting racist epithets at the gathered crowd, he said.
"When Walmart, happened, it was a big shock at the moment, but it wasn't a surprise for us because we saw the elements before that," Garcia said. "This has been something that is of concern; we know there's the existence of that, but we're worried about what some people becoming fanatics can do."
He added, "We are in a situation where something like Walmart could happen again."
The Goyim Defense League, an antisemitic group with ties to an array of other hate groups, increased its activity in 2022 with 492 propaganda incidents last year, compared with only 74 recorded the year before. The group made up 7% of the total propaganda actions documented last year but more than half of the specifically antisemitic incidents.
Garcia maintains the seeds for these types of actions have been planted at the highest levels of federal and state government, especially the anti-immigrant invasion rhetoric championed by Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
A Deeper Dive: As El Paso struggles to heal, Walmart shooter's rhetoric builds in GOP
"I think Trump opened a new era in regard to new aggressions against people of color," Garcia said. "But in Texas, that is deeply rooted — politicians in Texas not only embraced Trump's rhetoric, they took steps to mechanize, to finance, this type of rhetoric. And Texas has multiple ways that have been expressed by politicians and governments."
On one hand, Garcia noted, Texas has made it easier to access firearms, which means that extremists are finding it easier to arm themselves.
"That is an extreme interpretation of the Second Amendment," Garcia said.
Additionally, Garcia said, the invasion rhetoric started by Trump and parroted by Abbott and other leading Texas Republicans creates a tinderbox for extremism, especially when that rhetoric is weaponized into official state policy such as Operation Lone Star.
Garcia also said that Abbott is considering adopting a policy that would establish a civilian border force, which would allow militia-style groups to patrol and protect the border.
"This is an extreme situation," Garcia said. "I think Texas will be the state not only leading in white supremacist attacks, but also in the rhetoric politicians are using, state governments are using. So, I think we are really concerned, more than nationally, that the state of Texas is becoming very dangerous for people of color."
What is causing surge in white supremacist activity?
According to the ADL study, three white supremacist organizations ‒ Goyim Defense League, White Lives Matter and the previously-mentioned Patriot Front ‒ were responsible for 93% of incidents in 2022. The Patriot Front alone reportedly was responsible for 80% of white supremacist propaganda campaigns in 2022, hitting every state except Alaska and Hawaii, with its highest activity in Massachusetts, Texas and Michigan.The Goyim Defense League, an antisemitic group with ties to an array of other hate groups, increased its activity in 2022 with 492 propaganda incidents last year, compared with only 74 recorded the year before. The group made up 7% of the total propaganda actions documented last year but more than half of the specifically antisemitic incidents.
Garcia maintains the seeds for these types of actions have been planted at the highest levels of federal and state government, especially the anti-immigrant invasion rhetoric championed by Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
A Deeper Dive: As El Paso struggles to heal, Walmart shooter's rhetoric builds in GOP
"I think Trump opened a new era in regard to new aggressions against people of color," Garcia said. "But in Texas, that is deeply rooted — politicians in Texas not only embraced Trump's rhetoric, they took steps to mechanize, to finance, this type of rhetoric. And Texas has multiple ways that have been expressed by politicians and governments."
On one hand, Garcia noted, Texas has made it easier to access firearms, which means that extremists are finding it easier to arm themselves.
"That is an extreme interpretation of the Second Amendment," Garcia said.
Additionally, Garcia said, the invasion rhetoric started by Trump and parroted by Abbott and other leading Texas Republicans creates a tinderbox for extremism, especially when that rhetoric is weaponized into official state policy such as Operation Lone Star.
Garcia also said that Abbott is considering adopting a policy that would establish a civilian border force, which would allow militia-style groups to patrol and protect the border.
"This is an extreme situation," Garcia said. "I think Texas will be the state not only leading in white supremacist attacks, but also in the rhetoric politicians are using, state governments are using. So, I think we are really concerned, more than nationally, that the state of Texas is becoming very dangerous for people of color."
DrBanneker
Space is the Place
I'm from GA and used to live in Upstate NY. Surprising the amount of confederate flags you see in rural areas. The thing is, a person in NY rocking that concerns me more than someone down South. In the South at least they have the heritage angle. Up North it is pure ideology.
Iverson_64
Superstar
Exactly.
Up North, it's straight up symbolic for being
And it's more common than people think. There's parts of NY, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Rhode Island that are every bit as MAGA and openly racist as the South's reputation.They just get overlooked because people stereotypically associate Northeasterners of being White liberals and yuppies and Midwesterners with being diet Southerners with less racism. In reality, there's TONS of MAGA types up North especially in rural communities and various "ethnic White" communities.
What's funny, too, is that sometimes the "ethnic Whites" overcompensate for being non-Waspy by being more aggressively racist than a lot of stereotypical rednecks. There was a Neo-Nazi rally in South Boston last year on St. Patrick's day. And there was a Sicilian KKK member in Connecticut who lead a racist rally in Upstate CT(by UConn) in celebration of a Black man who got killed by the police.
People sleep on East Coast racism. And Midwestern racism is literally no different from the South barring the fact that there's more segregation there and Black people are extremely concentrated in the city areas while MAGA White's stay in their own bubbles.(By contrast, MAGA Whites and Black folks run into each other far more often in the South.)
The Pledge
THE PRICE OF THE BRICK GOING UP!
Yagirlcheatinonus
Icon Poster
West Virginia is bad. I remember I lived in Greensboro and I met this redbone from Roanoke VA. She kept telling me to come through and I did. I never been that way through VA I saw all these trump signs and it was really back wood type small towns before I got to Roanoke. I was like I’m spending the night I’ll drive home in the morning I’m not driving back in the dark.But the white women love black dudes in Roanoke VA too
Ohio HS coach resigns after team's 'Nazi' playcall
Brooklyn High School coach Tim McFarland resigned Monday after his players repeatedly used the word "Nazi" as a playcall in a game against Beachwood High School.
BROOKLYN, Ohio -- An Ohio high school football coach resigned Monday after his team used racist and antisemitic language to call out plays during a game last week.
Brooklyn High School coach Tim McFarland and his players repeatedly used the word "Nazi" as a playcall in a game against Beachwood High School. Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb, is roughly 90% Jewish, according to the latest survey, published in 2011, by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.
Ill justcdayvlast week in Columbus the jewish side of town had to have armed security for one of their religious fest.
Isn't Mississippi achools still segregated?
