Cape...it depends on what part of Florida. North Florida, Panhandle, middle Florida (no, not Central Florida)....that's deep South. You can try arguing to me that Pensacola, Lake City, Suwannee, etc. are not deep South...and you will lose.

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It does depend, but they are now the minority population centers. Used to be that Pensacola and Saint Augustine were the biggest cities in the state, but the Miami Metro, Tampa Bay, and Orlando Metro Areas are much more representative of the state and are definitely not part of the deep south.

 

I live in Fort Myers and we are not the deep south, this area is alot like your 1950's Miami. My mother grew up in Miami and is constantly making these comparisons. Now mind you there isn't anywhere near the racism in Florida now as there was in the 50's, but the size of the towns is near that.

Gainesville north is semi-deep south. Gainesville south is modern Florida.

Doesn't the deep south consist of these states?

 

 

Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas?

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Florida and Texas no.

 

 

The rest ya..

although I will admit from Houston and all places eastward...you could argue for that area being the deep south..but that is a small percentage of the land mass consisting of Texas.

Florida and Texas are seperate. Some of North Florida and east Texas can show some semi-deep south culture, but not as much as it used to be.

although I will admit from Houston and all places eastward...you could argue for that area being the deep south..but that is a small percentage of the land mass consisting of Texas.

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yup, that is my argument with Florida.

Furman, having grown up in Florida and been in Chicago for a bit, I can concur with you to a degree. There is a lot of anti black sentiment in parts of Chicago, which is also a very segregated city. When I worked at the State's Attorney's office, I heard some racist stuff.

Furman, having grown up in Florida and been in Chicago for a bit, I can concur with you to a degree. There is a lot of anti black sentiment in parts of Chicago, which is also a very segregated city. When I worked at the State's Attorney's office, I heard some racist stuff.

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It kind of reminds me of the Dave Chapelle stand-up (before the Chapelle Show was around) about racism in the open.

 

"Racism in Mississippi...it's just soo....soo...muah"

and then he talks about a black guy walking by a white guy on the street..

White guy: "mornin' n*gger"

Black guy: "mornin' sir"

 

then he talks about in NY everyone's racist, but keeps their comments to themselves...and what if they were open about their racism like in Mississippi (although obviously, since this is a comedy, MIss. is not as bad as that example)...

 

it's a hilarious skit that involves a white man, a black man, and a Korean store owner.