▲ 543 ▼ 'Whites-only' community banning Black, Jewish and gay people set up in Arkansas (www.thepinknews.com) submitted 1 year ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca 220 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] purplerabbit@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (4 children) Wait, for real? That's a thing? What happens at sundown? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago That's not what it means in this case. Sundown towns get their name from their origin of not allowing black people to be there at night (after sundown) permalink fedilink source parent [–] vader8er@pawb.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 child) Take a wild guess what a town full of racists would do to a non-white person under cover of darkness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago like racist vampires. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago They beat you and drive you out of town, if not just kill you. It was a real thing, probably still is in some places. I imagine they are making a come back since Trump permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago That's not what it means in this case. Sundown towns get their name from their origin of not allowing black people to be there at night (after sundown) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago That's not what it means in this case. Sundown towns get their name from their origin of not allowing black people to be there at night (after sundown) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vader8er@pawb.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 child) Take a wild guess what a town full of racists would do to a non-white person under cover of darkness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago like racist vampires. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago like racist vampires. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago They beat you and drive you out of town, if not just kill you. It was a real thing, probably still is in some places. I imagine they are making a come back since Trump permalink fedilink source parent