How Chicago Became One Of The Most Racist Cities In America

Having been born and raised in the South and attended segregated schools and witnessed acts of racism (especially by my father), I didn't have to be told that racism flourished there. Having only briefly visited Northern cities such as Philadelphia and New York, I accepted the common "wisdom" that racism was a "Southern thang". Only later did I learn that wisdom wasn't wise. As time passed, I began to sense that the South was dealing with its racism far better than the North, and suspected that the problem was much like dealing with alcoholism. Step 1 is to admit you have a problem (which is easy for Southerners to admit they're racists). Northerners were (and still are) in denial.