Okay, ptsong--I let the first reference you made to "cranky snobbish folks from south" slide. However, your most recent affirmation that "...It's a known fact that most(I said most not all) white southerners have a history of racial discrimination..." is malarkey. I happen to have lived all over the world, from Asia (Kobe), the Pacific (Hawaii, Pago Pago, Saipan), Europe (Germany, Norway and Holland) and the United States (Virginia, California, Utah, Michigan, Rhode Island, Georgia, and Missouri), and find that those of us who happen to be caucasian, and live south of the Mason Dixon line are no more prone to discrimination than any other group I have encountered. How do the Malays, Hindus and Chinese get along back "home?" When I last visited there (admittedly it was in 1993), there was obvious and evident discrimination and distrust between the groups--maybe the race riots of 1969 have not entirely settled down?
People in the American South are progressive, friendly, and no more nor less inclined to be prejudicial than anyone else. And that is at home or on board any cruise ship. Having had the choice of the entire world in which to find a retirement location, I chose the South particularly BECAUSE the people are friendly.
