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I am wondering if there is diversity in the rural areas in the midwest. Are people accepting of varying ethnic groups? I am desiring to move to a rural area yet unsure...so i would trully appreciate your responses.
I am sure there are all over, but the area that pops into my head is the Baldwin/Idlewild area of Michigan. There is still a strong African American culture that compliments the economy there. They are small communities that have a strong Sport Trout fishing presence as well as the history of being the "Black Eden" of the 20's-40's. Idelwild has been working very hard to preserve it's history and clean itself back up to become a tourist destination once again after falling into decline. They have a Music festivals during the Summer, and the area is quite culturally diverse. Look into the area and it's history, it very well may surprise you.
So it is pretty much segregated in wisconsin huh. I'm assuming from your reply Alt Dach, that I should rule out rural wisconsin completely. Is it merely name calling out of ignorance or just plain unaccepting of blacks? I have to admit, I have not yet experienced the ignorance in any extremety before so i'm wondering.
So it is pretty much segregated in wisconsin huh. I'm assuming from your reply Alt Dach, that I should rule out rural wisconsin completely. Is it merely name calling out of ignorance or just plain unaccepting of blacks? I have to admit, I have not yet experienced the ignorance in any extremety before so i'm wondering.
Well I would say that it starts with ignorance but becomes hate as people
project their declining fortunes as somehow the fault of "all those blacks on welfare" as they are incacaple of seeing who is REALLY at fault by
their rabid nationalism. Like a country song "Proud to be an american etc etc-.They cant give up this as its the mainstay of their idenity.
IMHO its why racism is necessary for the "system".
But dont get me wrong-no one is likely to say anything to you or bother
although Late or night or drunks who knows.
The town I grew up in in Wisconsin, pop. 8,000, has never had a black resident, but I think a few have settled there in the past 3 or 4 years. Wisconsin is very racist. Also, avoid Missouri. Many towns are white only, and very redneck. Anywhere in NW Missouri, north of St. Joseph, you'll be killed after dark. I mean it. I lived in northeast Kansas, and some of the small towns there (pop. 3,000 or so) had some black families, and some didn't. Those that did, they seemed pretty happy and not discriminated against. One that had black families, and even a couple of respected black-owned businesses, was Hiawatha. In Northern Michigan, Traverse City is a very welcoming, liberal town, with only a trickle of blacks so far.
Any town with a university is sure to have at least a couple African American families. Our town of 6500 has 3 or 4 AA families as well as a dozen or so families from India ( most work for a software company), and a few families each of Asian, Hispanic and Native Americans. About 1/3 of our doctors are non-white.
Of course, the larger the town and/or larger the university, the more non-white families and single people (usually students) you will find.
Alright. Wisconsin is not blanketed racist. However, there is a KKK group in Medford. It really depends on where you are. In my experience (um, white woman experience), any N-word use is out of habit because they grew up with it. The Civil Rights Movement sort of skipped over these areas because there were no minorities, so the learning curve has been a bit big. Diversity just hasn't happened to northern Wisconsin too much. However, most people are open--they are just a little confused... Many areas in the U.P. are the same way. I'm guessing Minnesota, too.
The town I grew up in in Wisconsin, pop. 8,000, has never had a black resident, but I think a few have settled there in the past 3 or 4 years. Wisconsin is very racist. Also, avoid Missouri. Many towns are white only, and very redneck. Anywhere in NW Missouri, north of St. Joseph, you'll be killed after dark. I mean it. I lived in northeast Kansas, and some of the small towns there (pop. 3,000 or so) had some black families, and some didn't. Those that did, they seemed pretty happy and not discriminated against. One that had black families, and even a couple of respected black-owned businesses, was Hiawatha. In Northern Michigan, Traverse City is a very welcoming, liberal town, with only a trickle of blacks so far.
I grew up in Andrew / Holt Counties north of St. Joseph and my entire family still lives there and has for 100 yrs. "Killed after dark" What a bunch of crock. Why say something so alarming when you obviously know nothing about it.
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