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Stokes County is a community with some diversity, but not necessarily the heterogeneity of a more urban area. As for racial issues, regardless of where you would live up there, you would be subject to some degree of discrimination at some point, but not necessarily on a regular basis.
Both Danbury and King are quickly becoming bedroom communities for the larger cities, and unlike in the 60s, this doesn't necessarily mean "white flight". Many urban-to-rural transplants are not even from this state, so they're new like you.
That being said, when my family moved to Lawsonville (near Danbury) in the early 80s, the locals quickly assured us not to worry about the "n*****s" because they "don't let them in." Black families in the area are primarily those who have been there for generations, and their elders largely retain that older black southern tendency to view their own place in society as one of lesser importance than their white neighbors. This will, hopefully, change with the current generations who choose to remain in Stokes.
I can't speak of the current schools in either Danbury or King, but I would imagine that they are likely around 90% white, and 10% Hispanic or black. Many Hispanic families have moved there in the past 20 years to work farms. When I attended Lawsonville Elementary in the 1980s, there were 2-3 Hispanic children from one family. All other students were white (during that period, I would estimate that there were around 150-200 students in the entire K-6 school). I moved before 6th grade, so I'm unsure of how the schools have changed.
Since the 80s, there have been MANY individuals and families from other states who have relocated to Danbury, King and points in-between. When I lived in Danbury, the community seemed very open. Like you or not, such communities tend to support their own but, again, I'm speaking in terms of different segments of the white population and couldn't say how they feel, as a whole, about blacks. It's a rural area in the Bible Belt, so there are many, many worthless people like cwayne45. I wouldn't count on a large black community, though, and certainly not a large homosexual community (although that's not to say that the homosexual population is smaller than any other rural area, they're just taught to hide such "deviant" behavior).
I suppose us open-minded folks can't win every battle at once. Maybe things will change one day.
That's my info. My advice, however, is in agreement with previous posters. If you relocate to the area, try suburbs or the city first and commute, and perhaps spend plenty of time in King and Danbury to get a feeling for it.
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