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In reply to the discussion: Inge Marler, Arkansas Tea Party Leader, Makes Racist Joke At Event [View all]Alcibiades
(5,061 posts)37. I used to live in Springfield
In southwest Missouri, which is sort of the "gateway to the Ozarks."
It's a historical fact that this part of Missouri and Arkansas is lily-white not in spite of racism, but because of it:
http://ksmu.org/article/1906-lynching-square
"Almost overnight the African-American population of Springfield dropped from about 20 percent to 2 percent."
Folks don't talk about it much, but the 1906 lynchings are an important part of the history of race relations in the area.
Poverty and racism are also not mutually exclusive. I'm a native of the Carolinas, and I find the Ozarks to be one of the most racist places I've ever been, which is saying something.
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Exactly, Sir: 'Too Much Government' Means 'Don't Give A White Man's Dime To A Lazy Negro'
The Magistrate
Jun 2012
#22
Isn't it true that there are more white people on welfare than black?This makes no sense.
The Wielding Truth
Jun 2012
#5
Baxter is 96.9% white, but isn't among the poorest counties in the country.
sinkingfeeling
Jun 2012
#41
The teabaggers are really going out of their way to show how "not racist" they are.
ScottLand
Jun 2012
#34
The reality of it is that they were allowed to make their racist point and stir the pot of racism.
olegramps
Jun 2012
#51
does she know that the majority of welfare recipients are white? And in Red States? n/t
progressivebydesign
Jun 2012
#53
Too bad that the historical fact that the US was built on the back of slave labor...
Indi Guy
Jun 2012
#54