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A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve (capitalbnews.org)
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[–] AnarchoYeasty@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My white former mother told my black wife both that A.) Racism is everywhere you go and also B.) Racism isn't that bad and she must be doing something to deserve the racism that our entirely white town was giving her. And that's why she's my former mother.

[–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Another sign of a racist, deny and deflect. Classic narcissistic attitude. I can’t be racist it must be something you did