[kidcolin]

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new york is one of the more segregated cities in the US, in fact.

tbe racism in the north is alive and well. difference is, up here people hide it better.

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True. There are plenty of racists in the NE in the major cities. It's not necessarily hidden better by the racists, it's just the cities are so physically segregated. It's easy for some progressive-minded student in Boston/Cambridge to talk about how ahead of the times they are (or their city is), but it's easy to say that when you can go your whole life without ever walking through Roxbury or Dorchester.

(maybe Boston isn't the best example given its reputation, but the same can be said for a lot of cities).