Campus-wide email from Dr. Witt

NJBama
Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:43:51 +0000

I hate to keep this going because I don’t think it does any good. But I was born in Philly and grew up in NJ. I’ve also lived in NYC for a while. And I can say without a doubt I’ve heard the “N” word said as many times up here as I have down there.

IMHO the difference between the north & south on racism is the openness of it. In the north the bigots will call a black guy the “n” word after he leaves the room. In the south the bigots will say it to his face. Both reprehensible and disgusting. But at least you know where you stand with the southern bigot. The northern guy you’ll think is your friend the whole time he’s saying it behind your back.

All I’m saying is lets not get all indignant on here and act like racism is limited to the south. Boston, NYC, and Philadelphia have had more than their fair share of incidents over the years.