My family is from the south, grew up in the same time frame as phil( a little before actually) they said the same thing, there was no diffrence between the poor black and the poor white. they lived in the same part of town and in the same conditions. having worked all over the nation in construction. The south was the least racist part of the country, white, black, asain, latin, every one was the same. No entitlement crap, no "the man keeps me down" now the midwest on the other hand, way racist, only from black to white. its sad that race plays such a big part in this country. me, i only care that your money is green.