The Generic Racism Thread 1: Lift Every Voice and Sing

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Holy sh-t, this just happened? I thought this name was changed 50 years ago!!!

Hadn't really thought about that, but...yeah...*nods*

[Handyman]

I was actually gonna go on a vacation there a few summers back, mentioned the name to my gf and she went ape[bleep]. I had honestly never thought of it...

[Kepler]

I had no idea it was a slur until Dr. Mrs. told me the history. In, like, 2009. Yikes.

[Handyman]

I had no idea it was a slur until Dr. Mrs. told me the history. In, like, 2009. Yikes.

Honestly me either. We were taught it in school...

[MissThundercat]

58 years ago today: Birmingham Church bombing.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

I had no idea it was a slur until Dr. Mrs. told me the history. In, like, 2009. Yikes.

I had no idea it was a slur until I read it here. Thought it was a tribal name. Good on them for changing it then.

[Kepler]

Slavery never ended.

[MissThundercat]

Saw a customer yesterday with a shirt urging the preservation and protection of Columbus Day.

[MissThundercat]

Ypsilanti: White paint purposely dumped on a BLM mural.

There's a reason it's called Ypsitucky.

[Kepler]

Newberg, OR completes the hat trick.

In the last 6 weeks:

1. Bans BLM
2. Slave auction (yup)
3. Blackface

I have been to Newberg and... it's really white, and it is majority Republican.

[Jimjamesak]

Newberg, OR completes the hat trick.

In the last 6 weeks:

1. Bans BLM
2. Slave auction (yup)
3. Blackface

I have been to Newberg and... it's really white, and it is majority Republican.

My Dads family is from that area too (Dundee technically but it’s pretty much the same), thankfully no one lives there anymore (though plenty are buried).

It’s not only super white, it’s also super old and super religious too. Actually, I’m surprised half the people haven’t bailed to Idaho or Montana.

[LynahFan]

Newberg, OR completes the hat trick.

In the last 6 weeks:

1. Bans BLM
2. Slave auction (yup)
3. Blackface

I have been to Newberg and... it's really white, and it is majority Republican.

So, putting on blackface to illustrate than the unvaccinated are being treated like second class citizens while denying that black people continue to be treated like second class citizens?

Bold strategy, Cotton.

[Kepler]

My Dads family is from that area too (Dundee technically but it’s pretty much the same), thankfully no one lives there anymore (though plenty are buried).

It’s not only super white, it’s also super old and super religious too. Actually, I’m surprised half the people haven’t bailed to Idaho or Montana.

As you drive down from Portland that area gets really Coeur d'Alene. It's all old orchards owned by this kind of guy. Imagine Victor Davis Hanson but dumber and richer.

[Jimjamesak]

As you drive down from Portland that area gets really Coeur d'Alene. It's all old orchards owned by this kind of guy. Imagine Victor Davis Hanson but dumber and richer.

Oh I’ve seen it, my grandmother drove me through the whole area when I’d visit her. She didn’t much care for “those yuppies and their fancy vineyards”.

[Kepler]

Oh I’ve seen it, my grandmother drove me through the whole area when I’d visit her. She didn’t much care for “those yuppies and their fancy vineyards”.

We have them in NoVa in Leesburg, too. The town that brought the world that footage of rightwing lunatics getting thrown out of commission meetings after babbling about CRT. Except they aren't yuppies, they are Olde Virginia Money. They do fox hunts. Unironically. I would not be the least surprised to see lawn jockeys out there.