South Is More Racist Than The North, Study Finds

Study Finds South Is More Racist Than The North
COLUMBIA, SC - FEBRUARY 26: A supporter of the Voting Rights Act rallies in the South Carolina State House on February 26, 2013 in Columbia, South Carolina. The rally comes a day before the U.S. Supreme Court hears a case that could end a requirement for South Carolina and other states with histories of discriminatory voting practices to get federal approval for any new voting laws. (Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, SC - FEBRUARY 26: A supporter of the Voting Rights Act rallies in the South Carolina State House on February 26, 2013 in Columbia, South Carolina. The rally comes a day before the U.S. Supreme Court hears a case that could end a requirement for South Carolina and other states with histories of discriminatory voting practices to get federal approval for any new voting laws. (Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images)

"Is it the government's submission that the citizens of the South are more racist than the citizens of the North?" John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, asked that in February during oral arguments over the fate of the Voting Rights Act, a 1965 civil rights law.

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