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In reply to the discussion: Has anyone found this to be true since President Obama was elected? [View all]SweetieD
(1,660 posts)I am black. I grew up in a 99% white midwestern area in the middle of nowhere. I've seen this same hatred and sickness forever. I don't see any difference. Maybe white people are just noticing it more.
Some examples. My town was the only town in the entire county with any black families or really non-white families. there was usually at least one black guy on the football or basketball team. Of course it never failed when we played rivals in other places that were 100% white, people would be saying N-- this and that. ridiculous. I also remember an incident where a girl who was Half black won a county fair princess (obviously first one) and there were folks who threw rotten eggs at her car in the parade and called her all kinds of racist stuff. I have my own personal stories to have being called racist things to my face. This was the late 80s/ early 90s. I moved from there about 10 years ago.
So I don't know what utopia folks were living in where they thought racism was quiet or over.