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I’m still not shocked. Saddened, absolutely heartbroken this is still where we are, but not shocked at all.
I travelled through Alabama in the mid-80s as a girl so white I’m nearly translucent and the xenophobia was so thick, I could have served it on plates.
I was told by my local companion to not open my mouth because my accent would be a problem, even though I’m white as driven snow, and when I forgot and uttered a sentence at a chicken restaurant, he literally had to talk them out of ‘giving me a lesson’.
I can’t imagine being black in places where even the wrong kind of white is a problem. No wonder they fuck their cousins. They’re so xenophobic, anyone outside their kin is bad, and other colours are demonic.
I really hoped things had improved there in several decades, esp with the internet, but maybe not. :(
e: this happened in a very rural town, with no national stores or anything. It was near my friend’s home, and I’m not suggesting the whole state was like that. It was a very rural place. Still, it left a massive impression and I can’t help but associate it with what I see now in much of the US south.
Anyone thinking murderous racism is a thing of the past is dead wrong.
I’m still not shocked. Saddened, absolutely heartbroken this is still where we are, but not shocked at all.
I travelled through Alabama in the mid-80s as a girl so white I’m nearly translucent and the xenophobia was so thick, I could have served it on plates.
I was told by my local companion to not open my mouth because my accent would be a problem, even though I’m white as driven snow, and when I forgot and uttered a sentence at a chicken restaurant, he literally had to talk them out of ‘giving me a lesson’.
I can’t imagine being black in places where even the wrong kind of white is a problem. No wonder they fuck their cousins. They’re so xenophobic, anyone outside their kin is bad, and other colours are demonic.
Sad but not surprising.
e: Alabama, not Mississippi
Jesus Christ.
I really hoped things had improved there in several decades, esp with the internet, but maybe not. :(
e: this happened in a very rural town, with no national stores or anything. It was near my friend’s home, and I’m not suggesting the whole state was like that. It was a very rural place. Still, it left a massive impression and I can’t help but associate it with what I see now in much of the US south.
Anyone thinking murderous racism is a thing of the past is dead wrong.