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10-15-2008, 07:43 AM
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Lack of ethnic diversity at Texas State Fair was shocking!
I visited the Texas State Fair on Sunday, October 12th. It was jammed.. with White People. As a black man myself I thought I would be coming to an ethnically diverse event, but that was not the case. I read that Dallas is 25% Black and 5% Asian, but there was few people of color at the State Fair. Maybe 1 out of 100 people.
Yes, there were a few African Americans at the Texas State Fair but so few that I felt self conscious.
Why are there so few people of color at the Texas State Fair?
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10-15-2008, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Refugee56
Why are there so few people of color at the Texas State Fair?
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As a black man you would know more than anybody. Ask your black friends why they don't go to the fair. Why does skin color matter at a fair anyway? |
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10-15-2008, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Pilot1
As a black man you would know more than anybody. Ask your black friends why they don't go to the fair. Why does skin color matter at a fair anyway?
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Because the OP wouldn't be able to make a troll post if it wasn't... Just look at other posts, and you will see all you need to know. |
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10-15-2008, 07:59 AM
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Given that it costs $38 for two adults + parking just to _enter_ the fair, I'd wager a guess that it isn't worth it to many.
I think your experience reflects socioeconomic realities.
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10-15-2008, 08:04 AM
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No troll here!
So if you do not like me or my questions, you will try to get people to ignore it by calling me a troll. Anyone who looks at my posts will see that this is not the case. It is an honest question.
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Because the OP wouldn't be able to make a troll post if it wasn't... Just look at other posts, and you will see all you need to know.
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10-15-2008, 08:04 AM
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Interesting; I have found the fair to be overwhelmingly Mexican; so that doesn't really comport with the socioeconomic explanation above.
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10-15-2008, 08:07 AM
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Interesting; I have found the fair to be overwhelmingly Mexican; so that doesn't really comport with the socioeconomic explanation above.
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Overwhelmingly?!? That fair must be quite different from day-to-day.
Or maybe you were overwhelmed by the Mexican folk-dance performances, which were part of the shows. |
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10-15-2008, 08:07 AM
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So if you do not like me or my questions, you will try to get people to ignore it by calling me a troll. Anyone who looks at my posts will see that this is not the case. It is an honest question.
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Didn't say I don't like you. Your posts, however, are often obviously intended to create divisiveness and controversy. Just as mine are often blunt and abrasive. |
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10-15-2008, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by galore
Overwhelmingly?!? That fair must be quite different from day-to-day.
Or maybe you were overwhelmed by the Mexican folk-dance performances, which were part of the shows.
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Yes, overwhelmingly. I fully expect Big Tex to be in a sombrero within 5 years. When was the last time you went to the fair? And yes, perhaps I did just choose the day the Mexicans were out in force, every time I have been to the fair...
No problem with Mexicans mind you, it's just that it shows an inaccuracy in the original post, in my experience . |
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10-15-2008, 08:35 AM
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Yes I heard alot of spanish at the fair, and I expect most people were lower middle class, so the cost/economic argument for the lack of Black people is not valid.
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Originally Posted by tycobb2522
Yes, overwhelmingly. I fully expect Big Tex to be in a sombrero within 5 years. When was the last time you went to the fair? And yes, perhaps I did just choose the day the Mexicans were out in force, every time I have been to the fair...
No problem with Mexicans mind you, it's just that it shows an inaccuracy in the original post, in my experience.
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