zhiviNov 22, 2022
Today's #TopicOfConversation SUNDOWN TOWNS! Do you know what they are? Have you had an experience in one? If so please share. Check my respond to this post. This website has a list of sundown towns. https://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundown-towns/using-the-sundown-towns-database/state-map/
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Sundown Towns by State - History and Social Justice

Historical Database of Sundown Towns Select a state from the map below to view a list of sundown towns FL MI ME NY PA VA WV OH IN IL WI NC TN AR MO GA SC KY AL LA MS IA MN OK TX NM KS NE SD ND WY MT CO ID UT AZ […]

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Show threadpoxonus 

@zhivi

Me: clicks on the state of Wisconsin.

Still Me: "that's just a list of the cities in the state"

Me: ...

Nov 22, 2022 at 5:00pmWeb
Show threadzhiviNov 22, 2022
@poxonus I did the same for NC and IL. We don't know what we don't know.
Show threadnonstickNov 23, 2022
@poxonus @zhivi My ex’s fam is from northern Wisconsin. I’m Chinese. We went there a couple of summers. Every place I walked, I was stared at. Not with hostility. More curiosity. Like I was a circus freak.
Show threadzhiviNov 25, 2022
@poxonus @nonstick glad it wasn’t out of hostility. Could you imagine how you would feel if it was?
Show threadnonstickNov 25, 2022
@zhivi @poxonus I would have wanted to change flights and leave immediately. Especially now. My ex-FIL calls corona “Chinese virus”. And I would have been there without any of my family or friends. Just ex and his white family and white neighbors.
Show threadzhiviNov 25, 2022
@nonstick @poxonus people can be soooooo ignorant.