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minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoSo, after brown v board desegregated parts of the south the response of the white community of Memphis was simple: They all picked up, moved 15 miles east through some wheat fields to set up a new city called Germantown. I’m Indian, I’ve never seen that level of weapons-grade racism, usually it’s just poor people, this was everybody.
So, after brown v board desegregated parts of the south the response of the white community of Memphis was simple:
They all picked up, moved 15 miles east through some wheat fields to set up a new city called Germantown.
I’m Indian, I’ve never seen that level of weapons-grade racism, usually it’s just poor people, this was everybody.