I can testify that memphis is the most racist city I've ever been in. I would say that they have the most ignorant niggas' I've ever ran into, but the black leadership in memphis IS trying to improve that! But the whites in memphis are some of the most prejudiced, ignorant ,stupid, and they are proud to be racist pieces of shit! They spend a lot of time trying to justify their racism! If you were gonna' drop a nuclear bomb on a place in America, memphis would be at the top of my list!!!
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City: Memphis, TN
Population: 652,000
Ethnic Breakdown:
29% White, 63% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Latino (NOTE: Percentages don't add
up due to people marking themselves down as belonging to more than one
race)
History of Racism: See below.
Police Brutality? Yes.
Hear it from Memphisians!
Lori:
I
can't believe a lot of people haven't voted Memphis to be the most
racist city. My husband and I traveled to Nashville on motor cycles two
years ago. We were part of a group of three couples. We were welcomed in
Nashville with open arms. Our second stop was Memphis and except for
visiting Elvis's mansion we were barely paid any attention. At the hotel
desk when we checked in, two girls behind the desk barely looked at us
and were not friendly at all. Later in the day (after we went to use the
swimming pool) we asked a different girl at the desk for a wine bottle
opener and she would not even acknowledge us. Our group took a ride on a
street car behind our hotel the next evening (in regular casual dress)
and when we asked the driver of the train about local points of interest
he wouldn't answer. Needless to say, we won't travel there again,
ever!!!!!
Ikaiyoo:
I. Prior to the
civil war, Memphis was one of the largest slave trade centers in the US,
with more than 1/4 of the city's population comprising of slaves.
II.
Nathan Bedford Forrest Lived here most of his life, making a fortune in
the slave trade in Memphis. He was responsible for the killing of over
600 black union and white southern unionist soldiers during the war. He
also because a grand wizard of the KKK after the war. We have a city
park commemorating him with a huge statue of him.
III. In May of
1866, there was a riot after a white police officer got into a fight
with some black men who were discharged union troops. Forty-six blacks
were dead and 285 had been victimized in one way or another. However, no
arrests were ever made for murder, rape, theft, or arson, although many
of the rioters were well known to the victims who later identified them
to a congressional committee.
IV. In the 1890's during the
population rebound after the yellow fever epidemic, control of the city
was taken by white migrants moving to Memphis from outlying rural areas.
The white migrants reinforced the city's devotion to the ‘lost
cause'…In seeking to keep alive the ‘noble traditions of bygone days,'
white Southerners embraced a complex credo, which included an insistence
on black inferiority.
As this new generation of whites assumed
power in Memphis, they took measures to control the African American
population and to ensure white supremacy. By 1905, blacks were
segregated on the city's streetcars and were not allowed to visit the
city's parks. At the turn of the twentieth century, "Memphis presented a strange paradox - a city modern in physical aspect but rural in prejudice, and rural in habit."
V. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis.
VI. And the most important fact: "The Political Cesspool" was conceived and is broadcast in Memphis. For those who do not know...
The
Political Cesspool describes its philosophy as "pro-White" and "against
political centralization". Its statement of principles, borrowed from
the Council of Conservative Citizens, reads:
The Political
Cesspool Radio Program stands for The Dispossessed Majority. We
represent a philosophy that is pro-White and are against political
centralization. You can trust The Political Cesspool to give you the
"other side of the news"-to report on events which are vital to your
welfare but which would otherwise be hushed up or distorted by the
controlled press.
We make no attempt to give you "both
sides." We'll leave the establishment side to your daily newspaper,
television and other radio shows. We will bring to you some of the most
renowned thinkers, writers, pundits, activists, entertainers and elected
officials each broadcast as our guests.
Furthermore, we
pledge that The Political Cesspool will correct any meaningful error or
fact. Make up your own mind who is being honest with you: the
establishment media or The Political Cesspool Radio Program.
1.
The United States government should be independent of any international
organization of governments and American law should not be imposed by
organizations such as the United Nations.
2. America
would not be as prosperous, ruggedly individualistic, and a land of
opportunity if the founding stock were not Europeans.
3. Since family is the foundation of any strong society, we are against feminism, abortion, and primitivism.
4. Private property rights are inviolable. They come from our God-given right to life.
5.
We wish to revive the White birthrate above replacement level fertility
and beyond to grow the percentage of Whites in the world relative to
other races.
6. Issues such as education, environmental
law, and police should be decentralized down to the lowest level to
insure natural rights and efficiency.
7. Secession is a
right of all people and individuals. It was successful in 1776 and this
show honors those who tried to make it successful in 1865.
8.
We are cultural conservatives because we have certain morals to which
we adhere. We are against homosexuality, vulgarity, loveless sex, and
masochism.
9. We wish for American government to stop
interfering politically, militarily, and socially outside of the borders
of the United States of America. We want non-interventionism.
The majority of the staff is proud to claim and does so often that they are descendants of confederate soldiers.
