Adav8s28,
Everything is about RACE in the deep south. It has always been that way and always will be.
Mississippi klansmen killed white and black freedom riders of 1960's.
Black players could not play football in the Southeastern or Southwestern conference before 1970 a full 105 years after the Civil War ended.
Remember when 1B1 posted that a old Senior Partner told him he had never considered to hire a black person into the firm.
The only thing that has changed is the voting demographics. Young professionals have moved to Georgia for the job opportunities and don't hold the same views as George Wallace. Originally Posted by Adav8s28
The world has changed radically since the 1960's. The racist Democrats who dominated the Klan and who instituted and maintained a ban on Black players in the Southwest Conference are long dead, as probably is Blackman's old senior partner.
My reading of Blackman's post was that the impediment to career prospects of Blacks in his firm isn't based on racism, but rather a tendency for people to want to hire and associate with people who are like themselves. Exxon most likely is run by Republicans, who hail from places like Texas and Louisiana. And who does Exxon go to when they need help defending themselves from lawsuits in Louisiana and Texas? Blackman.
