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Segregation never left the U.S. they still have fucking sundown towns.
Unfortunately true. It’s disturbing to see the non-policy-related causes from that page:
Police discrimination (a crime)
Vandalism (a crime)
Discriminatory housing practices (currently a crime)
Gentrification (a market effect)
Supplemented with actual policy change. They don’t need the help.
In this age of ubiquitous phone cameras and instant social judgement, I look forward to the backlash as racists reveal themselves.
I don't see anything in the linked article to suggest we "still have fucking sundown towns."
Look instead for the reported causes. The effect “is sundown town or not” might be difficult to conclusively prove or disprove. The causes are sometimes documented though.
Ugh that's such an overblown stereotype, sure Podunk shit hole towns in the middle of nowhere arent fun to be in, but they're mentioned so much on here and reddit like it's some commonplace landscape that you've got to avoid at all costs.
The reality is you'd have to go out of your way to go to these places, they've always sucked and they'll always suck. That's self segregation not mandated segregation.
Lynching was often not mandated segregation, as well; 🙄. This is the problem when you don't listen to the lived experiences of and lessons learned by marginalized people.