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Geechie

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Sat Nov 10, 2018, 06:43 PM Nov 2018

Want to understand

a big part of the reason Florida is as fucked up as it is?

Highly recommended reading: FINDING FLORIDA / The True Story of the Sunshine State
by T. D. Allman

Over the centuries, Florida has been many things: an unconquered realm protected by geography, a wilderness that ruined Spanish conquistadors, “god’s waiting room,” and a place to start over. Depopulated after the extermination of its original native population, today it’s home to nineteen million. The site of vicious racial violence, including massacres, slavery, and the roll-back of Reconstruction, Florida is now one of our most diverse states, a dynamic multicultural place with an essential role in 21st-century America.

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Want to understand (Original Post) Geechie Nov 2018 OP
You mean its not "old white people"? Ferrets are Cool Nov 2018 #1
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