ezmack@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoA Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Servecapitalbnews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down120cross-posted to: news@kbin.socialnews@lemmy.worldnews@kbin.socialsoundsaboutwhite@lemm.eepolitics@lemmy.worldbrainworms@lemm.ee
arrow-up1989arrow-down1external-linkA Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Servecapitalbnews.orgezmack@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square154fedilinkcross-posted to: news@kbin.socialnews@lemmy.worldnews@kbin.socialsoundsaboutwhite@lemm.eepolitics@lemmy.worldbrainworms@lemm.ee
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-21 year agoSo, after brown v board desegregated parts of the south the response of the white community of Memphis was simple: They all picked up, moved 15 miles east through some wheat fields to set up a new city called Germantown. I’m Indian, I’ve never seen that level of weapons-grade racism, usually it’s just poor people, this was everybody.
So, after brown v board desegregated parts of the south the response of the white community of Memphis was simple:
They all picked up, moved 15 miles east through some wheat fields to set up a new city called Germantown.
I’m Indian, I’ve never seen that level of weapons-grade racism, usually it’s just poor people, this was everybody.