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grumpyduck

(6,246 posts) Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:53 PM Apr 2018

The thread asking DUers of color to tell their stories: a question

EffieBlacks's post asking people to tell their stories was an eye-opener for me and probably for a lot of other people. But I'm curious about something: is the behavior related in the replies more prevalent in some specific parts of the country than in others? Or is it more prevalent in large metro areas than in small towns? Or is it something else? IOW, is there a pattern?

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The thread asking DUers of color to tell their stories: a question (Original Post) grumpyduck Apr 2018 OP

I'm tempted to say Ohiogal Apr 2018 #1

Well, I've lived in quite a few places. I've never lived in one that MineralMan Apr 2018 #2

Its everywhere even in liberal bastions like San Francisco Dream Girl Apr 2018 #3

I saw the N word on the Berkeley campus wryter2000 Apr 2018 #4

Can you give us the link to that post, please? Control-Z Apr 2018 #5

Here you go grumpyduck Apr 2018 #6

Thank you! eom Control-Z Apr 2018 #7

Ohiogal

(32,042 posts)

1. I'm tempted to say

Reply to grumpyduck (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:55 PM

Apr 2018

racists are everywhere, but maybe I'll be proved wrong.

MineralMan

(146,324 posts)

2. Well, I've lived in quite a few places. I've never lived in one that

Reply to grumpyduck (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:57 PM

Apr 2018

didn't have some racism in it. Racism is everywhere, even where people don't think it is. It's more open in some places than others, but it's there - everywhere.

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)

3. Its everywhere even in liberal bastions like San Francisco

Reply to grumpyduck (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:58 PM

Apr 2018

wryter2000

(46,076 posts)

4. I saw the N word on the Berkeley campus

Reply to Dream Girl (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 02:11 PM

Apr 2018

It was scratched into the paint on a parking kiosk. It took two calls to the Facilities Management department to get it removed, and I almost had to raise my voice on the second call.