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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:04 PM Original message |
Vidor, Texas - A racist town? Don't "mingle" with Blacks |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't suppose they've got a municipal swimming pool |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. I watched that too.. |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is the Pope Catholic? |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Do they kid themselves that separate but equal |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Beats me. I just know that when I was growing up it was common |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Didn't any of the whites stand up and say "this is wrong" |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Many Whites "don't want no trouble" from the Klan or anybody perceived as the majority. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. This is so sad for so many reasons |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. You have no idea how evil it is down there. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. LOLOLOL!!! Good one! |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. No, they packed their bags & left. |
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Saphire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Yup...I grew up about 30 miles from this place...always has been, always |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. The article can still be found on the CNN home page |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Heh. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. Fixed the link |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Thanks for the link fix. |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. Some people are so hopeless... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. "East Texas" and "Racist" are almost synonymous: James Byrd, case in point. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. BTW: Racist East Texas was where Bu$h/Rove beat Ann Richards in 1994. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Do these people in East Texas consider themselves Christian? |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. That woman who won't "mingle" with blacks had better not come |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I live in Houston and my neighbors are black, Mexican, |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. My neighbors are African, African-American, Hispanic, white, and I'm Indian. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. SA! |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Hey, SG! |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not far from Vidor, there's the town of Anahuac... |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. God Damn It! I hate political correctness. its not racism its separtism.... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
25. I drive to the casino in Louisiana once or twice a year and you |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Their bigotry is so wrong in so many ways |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
26. I posted a thread asking something similar a while back. |
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seize the time (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
28. This is so sad... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
30. Hmm... the page is not working Wed. morning. I wonder what happened? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
31. Vidor is notorious in Texas |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. She's my rep too! |
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Gruenemann (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. My experiences with Vidor |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. That's pretty bad when you have a white person anxious to get the hell out of Vidor. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
34. Pekin, Illinois |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
36. Vidor used to have a sign |
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verse18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
37. As a Black person, this why I avoid small rural towns. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Same here. |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. I get told that this doesn't happen anymore |
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mattfromnossa (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I get told the same thing. |
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jarab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
43. Corbin, Kentucky. |
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