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I live in a pretty backwoods part of Washington and even as a white but liberal looking person I get that to a much lesser extent. I can't imagine what you've h
by seattle_spring 6y ago
I live in a pretty backwoods part of Washington and even as a white but liberal looking person I get that to a much lesser extent. I can't imagine what you've had to deal with.
- lizknope 6y agoAfter my trip through Burns, Oregon where I got some of those comments at the grocery store I went to John Day, Oregon. I mainly went to see the fossil beds national monument but I also stopped at this small museum which was a Chinese run store and apothecary in the late 1800's and early 1900's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kam_Wah_Chung_%26_Co._Museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kam_Wah_Chung_%26_Co._Museum The tour guide mentioned how welcoming the people were to their Chinese immigrants. She went on to say that when the Aryan Nation tried to set up their headquarters there the people organized to tell them to go away. Unfortunately they keep trying to come back. This story is from last year. It's great that the people of John Day are fighting against racism but I got the feeling on my trip that the Aryan Nation would be welcome an hour south in Burns. https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/john-day-to-aryans-we-just-want-you-out-of/article_834b21d9-684a-5ad8-837c-5cb2ebc6d895.html https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/john-day-to-aryans-w...
- mikestew 6y agoBoy, do I doubt "how welcoming the people were to their Chinese immigrants", given Oregon's history with non-white folks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_black_exclusion_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_black_exclusion_laws
- chalst 6y agoLots of supposedly liberal states had Black Laws.