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 threadzhiviNov 22, 2022
Sundown Towns are all-white communities, neighborhoods, or counties that exclude Blacks and other minorities through the use of discriminatory laws, harassment, and threats or use of violence. Yes they still exist today. If you travel by car, know the cities you travel in. #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
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Show threadJeff Shaffer CBET, retNov 22, 2022
@zhivi Minden, NV was one, and though not now, I remember the city council was involved in a controversy a few years ago regarding the whistle that blows when dusk hits and which was used to warn the mainly indigenous folks to leave. They wanted to keep it going for “tradition”, which I guess is code for hate. Wife and I took a day trip there when we lived in Reno, but after hearing about that I never returned. Hate stems from fear and can be used to manipulate the weak minded and ignorant.
Show threadphytolipideNov 24, 2022
@CivilityFan @zhivi I've heard - if someone can confirm it would be great - that well into the 20th century St. Louis was still ringing the curfew bell that had been used to call back enslaved people hired out for the day. People were habituated to it and didn't think of its origins. But then again Missourans waged guerilla warfare on Kansas over the right to enslave.
Show threadzhiviNov 24, 2022
@phytolipide @CivilityFan I'm sure they may have.
Show threadphytolipideNov 25, 2022
@zhivi @CivilityFan I had no idea until recently just how strongly pro slavery Missouri was until recently. They razed some Kansas towns to the ground and killed all the men and boys in them because they were anti-slavery. Can only imagine the misery of being enslaved in Missouri.
Show threadzhiviNov 25, 2022
@phytolipide @CivilityFan our history, when you really dig deep is shameful. This is what people want to whitewash.
Show threadphytolipide
@zhivi @CivilityFan Or it's normalized like the bell and the whistle. I'm going to guess that in the town mentioned they didn't want to get rid of the whistle because everyone was used to it, it's traditional blah blah blah. Sounds aren't a great example but generally when something needs to go I think it needs to be replaced with a plaque that explains what was there, the history and why it had to go. Otherwise, it does get whitewashed.
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Show threadzhiviNov 25, 2022
@phytolipide @CivilityFan I agree.