Chris- Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 https://nyti.ms/2WVTQY0 Quote “I think of America, the great assimilator, as a rubber band, but with this — we’re at the breaking point,” Ms. Crockett said. “These aren’t people coming from Norway, let’s put it that way. These people are very visible.” Quote The refugees are “not leaving,” Mr. Brandmire said. “They’re becoming American citizens. And they have every right to, but this is killing us,” he continued. “This is the Hatfields and McCoys.” Quote One woman, who declined to give her name after the group discussion, bemoaned the city’s so-called no-go zones, or the areas where white residents said they felt so uncomfortable with the Somali-American presence that they would not return — a shopping mall, a community housing center and Beaver Island Trail, a hiking area that borders the Mississippi River. “They were just —” she said, searching for the words to describe the offending behavior of the Somali-Americans. “They were just walking around.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Oh boy, Midwestern racists in diners, my favorite news genre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Midwestern whites are more racist than southern whites change my mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 10 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Midwestern whites are more racist than southern whites change my mind It definitely has a different flavor to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 People are forgetting how many progressive whites are in the upper midwest. Minnesota and Wisconsin especially have long histories in that department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: People are forgetting how many progressive whites are in the upper midwest. Minnesota and Wisconsin especially have long histories in that department. They can show up at these diners if they want to get covered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 The Somali projects are definitely jarring when you see them in Minneapolis. 22 year old me was scared shitless the first time I passed. In short time, I was eating in Somali restaurants tho lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Midwestern whites are more racist than southern whites change my mind They definitely have less encounters with non-whites than Southerners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatGamble Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 5 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Midwestern whites are more racist than southern whites change my mind The south is racist but has a long history of PoC’s living there. Half the people in the Midwest have only seen black people on tv, and even then probably thought it was color correction problems 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 My cousins grew up in rural Minnesota and there just were not minorities. They had a Spanish class at their high school taught by a white Lady that didn’t really know Spanish lmao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I'm going to give a different perspective. When I first moved to the United States, I wondered why there were so many white people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I mean, who else but descendants of Scandinavians and shit would even naturally go "hmmm yeah Minnesota winters...this works!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link200 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 You are going to find stupid people everywhere. In some places they just happen to be more common than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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