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How refreshing to see premises and logic used.

My experience in Oregon: Yes indeed. Very white, esp. in the Eastern half. I came from Tulsa. There was a huge race riot in 1921. The white burned down "Black Wall Street", a community that was upper middle class. There was a black society. It was strong. It was good. But... the niggers were gettin' uppity. The destruction will be a shame in history forever. That's sort of where I'm coming from...

... Now my experience in Oregon. I was called a racist by a woman of Mexican decent. She had asked for an advance in pay so she could make a payment for her sick child's health insurance. I told her I'd gladly pay the insurance directly. She said her parents, her culture would find that offensive. Then she played the racist card on me. I found out later she really wanted cash for drugs. Which there is a lot of here... (another can of worms)

.. Personally? I find a lot less friction when cultures don't clash. Does that make me a racist? I don't know. Does it?

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