In Memphis, it was totally accepted and no one expected any white person not to be comfortable and believe all the same ugly things.
Mine was West Lafayette Indiana. Purdue University. We were there 3 years and every single day I was in public, I heard a racist remark against some group of people. Foreigners, black, gypsies, Middle Eastern ....
It was a calm racism that was rarely challenged. It was completely and overwhelmingly accepted by the majority of people around us.
I have lived in many places in the US and this was the most vocal and the most overtly racist of any of them. Until living there, I didn't realize the depth of hatred that some people have in their heart.
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Date: 2005-05-22 09:04 pm (UTC)Mine was West Lafayette Indiana. Purdue University. We were there 3 years and every single day I was in public, I heard a racist remark against some group of people. Foreigners, black, gypsies, Middle Eastern ....
It was a calm racism that was rarely challenged. It was completely and overwhelmingly accepted by the majority of people around us.
I have lived in many places in the US and this was the most vocal and the most overtly racist of any of them. Until living there, I didn't realize the depth of hatred that some people have in their heart.