<p>AUlostchick: I took US History since 1945 last semester and luckily, out of the 8 people in my class, 3 (3!) were from Alabama and 1 from Georgia. We, more by being us than by making vocal arguments, proved that Alabama wasn’t the racist state that people have in their minds from learning about the Civil Rights movement. It was also interesting to learn about the explosion of racism in Chicago and Detroit (with the riots) and then today in California with the racial/ethnic tensions and white pride movement. It’s rather terrifying that although the other people in our class and many people at around school are from California/Chicago/Detroit and surrounding areas, they were entirely unaware of the magnitude of the racial tensions that caused these movements/events.</p>