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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 11:36 AM
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I graduated in a town in Texas that was known for it's racism
To the point that black people wouldn't even move there because of past lynchings in the recent past. I was ashamed to tell any of my friends that were black where I graduated from high school. So imagine my surprise when I see something like this...things do change for the better sometimes.
http://www.whitesboronews.com/news/news1.htm
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dhinojosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 11:40 AM
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1. Wow, what a great feeling......;) Nominated
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 11:43 AM
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2. Dang, so racist that they had to name the TOWN WHITESboro?
Yup.

;)
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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 11:50 AM
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3. There is another town named Whitesettlement. n/t
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 11:52 AM
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4. and Whitewright.
Lots of em here in Texas.
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HippieCowgirl Donating Member (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:13 PM
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7. There used to be a motto for Greenville, TX
"Where the dirt is black and the people are White."

I don't remember when the motto was changed, but I think it was in the 70's
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:19 PM
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9. It also wasn't in the too distant past
Neither were the black churches being burned down in the nineties.
Racism dies hard in some places.:(
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r104:H10JN6-420:
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Ishoutandscream2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:24 PM
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11. Yes, the sign was up on Lee Street in downtown Greenville
Edited on Thu Sep-29-05 12:25 PM by Ishoutandscream2
until, I believe, 1966. One local had the audacity to tell me that the sign had nothing to do with race, but "white" stood for "pure." Yeah, right!

By the way, the sign on Lee Street said, "Blackest land, whitest people."
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HippieCowgirl Donating Member (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 04:18 PM
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20. You probably have it right
I'm remembembering anecdotes I heard secondhand.
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dhinojosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 08:33 PM
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21. There is town called Kill The Moors
That town is Matamoros, Mexico. Talk about bad town names.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 11:56 AM
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5. Change does come
And we should celebrate when eyes that were formerly blind can now see.
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:03 PM
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6. thanks for that post, Horse with no name,

we all need to hear GOOD news.
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_ed_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:19 PM
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8. It's actually called "Whitesboro?"
Can't imagine why blacks wouldn't want to move to a place like that...
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:20 PM
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10. If it makes you feel better...Texas does have a "Brownsboro"
I shudder to even think why IT was named that.:(
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_ed_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:27 PM
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12. Wow
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:32 PM
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13. Perhaps the folks who started the town had the surnames:
White and Brown. Most likely it has nothing to do with racism.

Remember, Barry White was black and Frank Black is white...
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Lisa0825 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:39 PM
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14. and the black family on the Amazing Race is actually named Black!LOL
good points!:-)
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:43 PM
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15. One of my good Af. American friends has the surname as well
-The former (Af. American) mayor of Cleveland was "Michael White"

-James Brown is ...brown.

-Charlie Brown is (although drawn) white,
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 01:03 PM
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16. And don't forget McFadden and Whitehead, a group from the 70s
who were both African American. It would be interesting to be black and have the last name Whitehead.

Of course, I had a French teacher who's last name was Malatesta, doesn't that translate to "bad head"?
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 01:53 PM
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17. And all of your points about black ,brown,and white ...
sound silly
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 03:48 PM
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19. I bet YOU would think so
:eyes:
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Seansky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 02:02 PM
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18. thanks for sharing. We need to hear about good stories like this one.
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