How racist are residents of Ft. Lauderdale? Are there a lot of rednecks? (Miami: Home Depot, live in)

[fauve]

Davie is fine...like any other community. I lived and operated a business in East Davie for 5 years. Anyone who hates diversity moved to Tennessee a long time ago. My neighbors were black, Jewish, Cuban and Italian.

[rkumar3]

I love Davie... it is beautiful. No discrimination here either

[fauve]

Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention my gay neighbors as well - trust me, I would have heard about it had they experienced any discrimination.

[StreetSmarts]

Originally Posted by ♥♥PRINC3Ss♥♥

Yes and many people in some other parts of the country find too much time on their hands and try to dictate who people should date or not. The friendliness is only an excuse to get information about your personal life and talk behind your back. But who cares right? The smiling and waiving is worth the lack of privacy and backstabbing.

Agreed. Anywhere but Davie for an interracial couple.

You need to get out of Miami and see how others act. Not everyone who wants to know about you or tries to talk to you is doing so to stab you in the back. Man it's sad when people live in certain places where rude is the norm, and cant even believe that some folks out there genuinely care how others are doing.

[Rock Newman]

Originally Posted by ComSense

A lot of people in S FL are too caught up in themselves and their day to day hassles to worry about others.

This is an unfair and frankly ignorant comment

[Rock Newman]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

How would you know?

Good point

[Rock Newman]

Originally Posted by ComSense

You need to get out of Miami and see how others act. Not everyone who wants to know about you or tries to talk to you is doing so to stab you in the back. Man it's sad when people live in certain places where rude is the norm, and cant even believe that some folks out there genuinely care how others are doing.

I have always said that rude people are the ones who usually go around complaining about how rude "others " are ..... Trusses .. I mean ComSense don't you ever tire of your act ???

[max's mama]

OP: you won't have a problem here. South Florida is very diverse.

[Tiger Beer]

Originally Posted by Davyn_041

I'm about to move elsewhere within the next to years for college and my fiance' is coming with me. I'm white, he's black, and I'm sick of dealing with racism. I also don't want to live around close-minded rednecks because I have all my life. I don't want to be discriminated for being in an interracial relationship and I want my children to be happy. I'm from central Illinois, a town with less than 1,000 people. There isn't violence, but only 3 black people live in my area and no other races besides white.

I do understand that "wherever you go, there will be some racism," but I'd like to be around more interracial couples, in a more diverse area, and I want to move somewhere warm. I've always loved Florida, but yet I haven't stayed there for more than a few weeks.

What are your opinions on Ft. Lauderdale? I've heard some bad things about the deep south but that Florida is different, etc. Do you know of any places in Florida where there aren't acts of violence against blacks/interracials/etc. and where there isn't a lot of segregation? Feedback? Thanks!

I will say IL will be much much much worse. Black/white issues throughout the midwest is pretty sad and messed up. It's always refreshing when I head southward, and it appears less and less strained and much less tension.

[eger]

It's going to happen everywhere you go, my gf is one that would probably mutter something under her breathe while I would think nothing of it. Witht hat being said as others mentioned you should not have any issues.