Northern Virginia has plenty of black folks. Look at Alexandria. But having grown up attending predominantly black schools in a rural past of the state, you a

Northern Virginia has plenty of black folks. Look at Alexandria. But having grown up attending predominantly black schools in a rural past of the state, you are 100 percent right about the integrated nature of the South compared to the rest of the country. It was highly unusual for any wedding, funeral, or BBQ where I grew up to not be a mix of black and white. Most white people in the rest of the country have never eaten at a black person's house let alone spent the night. A child in the rural south almost certainly has. Hell, my best friend's mom made me go to church as well if I spent the night on a Saturday. Same when my buddies spent the night at my house.