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43. Historically, Boston is probably the most racist town in the country
Yes, liberal, blue to the bone Boston, my friends.

Things may be changing but it's still a tense place.

Interesting article:

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/11.07/09-racis...
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  -Sundown towns: No blacks after dark barb162  Oct-04-05 01:20 PM   #0 
  - I grew up in a small town in Kansas - pop. under 450.  DURHAM D   Oct-04-05 01:32 PM   #1 
  - My mother grew up near a small town in NE Kansas (pop. a few thousand)  highplainsdem   Oct-04-05 01:49 PM   #7 
  - I like the South  ozarkvet   Oct-04-05 01:44 PM   #2 
  - Moved from Oklahoma to Iowa  CornField   Oct-04-05 01:49 PM   #6 
     - I grew up in northern Iowa and there never were any blacks  Hardrada   Oct-04-05 09:39 PM   #59 
  - Everman, TX  displacedtexan   Oct-04-05 01:46 PM   #3 
  - my mom said that there was a sign like that in a Dallas  movie_girl99   Oct-04-05 02:39 PM   #31 
  - I believe that kind of  Tomee450   Oct-04-05 04:00 PM   #42 
  - I never saw one of those signs, but Dad told me about them.  Silverhair   Oct-04-05 06:23 PM   #53 
  - St. Joseph, Michigan  noonwitch   Oct-04-05 01:48 PM   #4 
  - I remember reading about the "riots?" a few years ago  barb162   Oct-04-05 01:54 PM   #8 
     - The ones last summer?  knitter4democracy   Oct-04-05 04:07 PM   #45 
        - Yes, Benton Harbor, but I thought it was a few years ago  barb162   Oct-05-05 01:55 PM   #61 
           - Maybe it was a couple of summers ago.  knitter4democracy   Oct-05-05 04:01 PM   #67 
  - the KKK was very active in the midwest  noiretblu   Oct-04-05 01:49 PM   #5 
  - I think it might be still somewhat active in Indiana  barb162   Oct-04-05 01:58 PM   #14 
  - and in the west  noiretblu   Oct-04-05 02:15 PM   #19 
  - Elwood, IN  faithfulcitizen   Oct-05-05 02:05 PM   #62 
  - '30 percent of Indiana's white ... males were card-carrying members of  AirAmFan   Oct-04-05 02:10 PM   #17 
  - an acquaintance of mine is from a small town in indiana  noiretblu   Oct-04-05 02:20 PM   #23 
  - the only burnt cross I ever saw  northzax   Oct-04-05 02:22 PM   #24 
  - I had a student during student teaching who was a member.  knitter4democracy   Oct-04-05 04:10 PM   #46 
  - The Klan literally ran Indiana for many years  LostinVA   Oct-05-05 02:55 PM   #66 
  - Story from Pittsburgh PA  Orrex   Oct-04-05 01:54 PM   #9 
  - Kokomo is not that bad.  politicat   Oct-04-05 02:32 PM   #29 
  - What a cool story!  Orrex   Oct-04-05 02:35 PM   #30 
  - Sounds like gaslight-era police profiling. PA State Troopers do the same  AirAmFan   Oct-04-05 04:28 PM   #47 
  - Fouke, Arkansas... remember the "Boggy Creek Monster" movies?  Flubadubya   Oct-04-05 01:55 PM   #10 
  - AK  ozarkvet   Oct-04-05 02:03 PM   #15 
     - AR... Arkansas = AR, Alaska = AK  Flubadubya   Oct-04-05 02:12 PM   #18 
        - AR!  ozarkvet   Oct-04-05 02:15 PM   #20 
           - No prob.. of course you know the diff. ozarkvet.. well you should..  Flubadubya   Oct-04-05 02:20 PM   #21 
           - Fouke is about 20 miles away!  ozarkvet   Oct-04-05 02:30 PM   #26 
              - Hah-hah... you may be right!  Flubadubya   Oct-04-05 02:51 PM   #33 
                 - Don't speed  ozarkvet   Oct-04-05 04:31 PM   #48 
           - Self-delete = dupe  Flubadubya   Oct-04-05 02:20 PM   #22 
  - Great post. thanks for posting this, and  raccoon   Oct-04-05 01:55 PM   #11 
  - Thanks; I was surprised to see how in many towns he found this  barb162   Oct-04-05 01:57 PM   #13 
  - I never heard of this.  barb162   Oct-04-05 01:56 PM   #12 
  - It shocked me silly  me b zola   Oct-04-05 02:09 PM   #16 
  - My government teacher told me in 1975 about a sign  dogday   Oct-04-05 02:25 PM   #25 
  - My mother told me, that, up until 1965 or so...  Buns_of_Fire   Oct-04-05 05:52 PM   #51 
  - There was one of those in Medford, Oregon. Amazing, no?  roguevalley   Oct-04-05 09:43 PM   #60 
  - "too high" vs. "too near", the two faces of American racism...  JHB   Oct-04-05 02:31 PM   #27 
  - That has the ring truth about it.  KCabotDullesMarxIII   Oct-04-05 06:17 PM   #52 
  - I was going to ask why post this if it's not the law anymore.  cat_girl25   Oct-04-05 02:32 PM   #28 
  - Police behavior TODAY sometimes reflects the very same principles  AirAmFan   Oct-04-05 02:42 PM   #32 
     - Yeah, those are sad statistics.  cat_girl25   Oct-04-05 02:52 PM   #34 
        - The kind of history discussed in this thread is very important. Ask yourself,  AirAmFan   Oct-04-05 03:05 PM   #35 
           - Very good questions.  cat_girl25   Oct-04-05 03:12 PM   #36 
              - Their jaws would drop nt  dogday   Oct-04-05 03:44 PM   #40 
  - James Loewen is so cool, and he's a friend of my dh!  Lindacooks   Oct-04-05 03:24 PM   #37 
  - James Loewen is awesome, saw him speak twice at homeschooling conferences.  kath   Oct-04-05 03:37 PM   #38 
  - Norman OK was a sundown town until at least the 1950s, possibly early 60s.  kath   Oct-04-05 03:38 PM   #39 
  - I live in Lawton...  Stand and Fight   Oct-04-05 06:37 PM   #54 
  - Goshen, IN, was a sundown town  GOPFighter   Oct-04-05 03:51 PM   #41 
  - Historically, Boston is probably the most racist town in the country  theboss   Oct-04-05 04:02 PM   #43 
  - The town my college is in was one.  knitter4democracy   Oct-04-05 04:06 PM   #44 
  - Segregation is a northern invention  carolinayellowdog   Oct-04-05 04:45 PM   #49 
  - Medford, Oregon was one  eeyore   Oct-04-05 05:17 PM   #50 
  - Cullman, AL was one back in the day...  clichemoth   Oct-04-05 07:28 PM   #55 
  - The town I graduated in was one--Whitesboro, TX  Horse with no Name   Oct-04-05 07:31 PM   #56 
  - Where I grew up in Illinois  buzzsaw_23   Oct-04-05 07:50 PM   #57 
  - He spoke at my dorm a few weeks ago  nemo137   Oct-04-05 09:10 PM   #58 
  - Where are the "Sunrise Towns"?  Ezlivin   Oct-05-05 02:13 PM   #63 
  - Pocahontas and Highland, IL  Cats Against Frist   Oct-05-05 02:23 PM   #64 
  - North Tonawada, NY  HomeOnTheRange   Oct-05-05 02:26 PM   #65 
 

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