Wow, the Deplorables really don't like us

[maddiemom]

60. We live in a college town with a wide mix of nationalities, skin color and religions.

Once, in a retail store, I wished I could have photographed the Amish woman and the woman in a burka exchanging new babies to hold and coo over. My daughter went to a Montessori school for her first four years of schooling. Several months into her first year, she finally asked why there were "so many different skin colors" among her friends. When she talked about her various classmates, we only knew their names. Later she learned a great deal about different ethnicities and religions. Certainly there are some very prejudiced and bigoted residents in the area, and as a teacher, I know that many unenlightened and bigoted conversations and attitudes go on at the homes of some. Most " non-natives" do maintain ties with their cultures as part of their lifestyles. This community is far from a liberal paradise. However, the overall tone of the community is embarrassment at displaying such attitudes in public or at school. It is a start, at least: mixing of cultures among those who have wider world experience and education--- to begin with.