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unc70

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6. Many other states were effectively white only

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 29, 2017, 12:33 PM

Dec 2017

The division of states into so called “slave and free” was often closer to “slave and white only”. This was particularly the case in states like OH, IN, and IL where restrictions on non-white immigration was embodied in the early state constitutions.

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Emboldened white nationalists? Look no further than this liberal Oregon college town [View all] dlwickham Dec 2017 OP

Oregon was more explicit than other states during its founding and explicitly built white supremacy WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #1

There is still a lot of self-selection, i.e. whites moving there to avoid nonwhites dalton99a Dec 2017 #5

Many other states were effectively white only unc70 Dec 2017 #6

"With her beliefs in the open, she said, she can 'pursue the life I've been longing for'" dalton99a Dec 2017 #2

Scurry back into a dark corner with your fellow cockroaches and vermin. FSogol Dec 2017 #3

Hit them where it hurts, better than punching them in the face Merlot Dec 2017 #4

IKR dlwickham Dec 2017 #7

WTF is wrong with white supremacists? Initech Dec 2017 #8

how much time do you have dlwickham Dec 2017 #9