[L98Fiero]

"When I told one I was from Georgia, a state before Washington was even a territory, I was accused of being a racist. Ah, the "tolerance.""

My Navy days in New England were similar. When asked where I was from, I would say, "Mississippi". The next question was almost always, "Are you a racist"?, flat out. Then there was the ever-common, "But you are so well spoken". As if I couldn't be from Mississippi because I spoke comprehensible English.

[bourbon]

When I was in grad. school in Chicago, a New Yorker I knew refused to believe I was from MS for similar reasons. He wouldn't believe me until I produced my Driver's License. Seriously.

[Clemenza]

Kinda odd because New England (especially Providence, Worcester, and Boston) is home to some of the most racist white folk I've ever met.

[reagandemo]

When I was a kid we had a family from California move down the street from us. They had 2 sons close to me and my friends age. They really wanted to fit in so we kidded them by telling them that they had to lead to walk bear footed and talk with a Southern draw before we would allow them to join us. He, He.