Also, it's Georgia
"Deep South".
A high percentage of racists and people who believe in invisible magic men in the sky. [Refs on request, eh...]
A friend of mine, of Jamaican origins, went there in 1996 when her daugher was in the olympics, and suffered truly appalling racist abuse. OK, that's anecdotal, but I have no reason to disblieve her.
The problem is endemic in the USA, especially the bottom bits.
There are problems in the UK too, but it's not so bad. We have a few "bad cops" but they are increasingly rare; the vast majority of them are great. We've moved on from Gene Hunt ("Life on Mars", set in 1973).
In England, now, a "fine upstanding" young black friend with a nice car gets stopped by cops a disproportinate number of times. Admittedly, he's driving in the wee small hours 'coz he works as a bouncer, but still disproportionate compared to colleagues. He's not too bothered about it, but it still sucks ass.
I'm trying to say... regarding racism, the UK is not perfect; far from it; but WAY better than the US.
The stuff we're seeing in the USA is abhorrent, and action is required. No, not burning down stuff; changing stuff.
UK needs to change too. Stop tolerating hate speech and racism.
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