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In reply to the discussion: Something kind of hit me today. [View all]vlyons
(10,252 posts)then retired back to Texas. I had immense reverse culture shock. First time I saw someone flying the confederate flag in their front yard, I realized that I had completely forgotten all about "that." New Texas friends commented that they would never invite a black person in their home to have dinner left me dumb-founded. I live in rural east Texas, the bible belt. My town of 4000 probably has a dozen baptist churches and that many more other fundamentalist churches. You won't see any black people working in the county court house, the registrar's office, or any of the local businesses. There's one black Fed postal clerk, and 1 black UPS driver. But all the nursing homes, of which there are many, have lots of black help at minimum wage. Lots of Ted Cruz for senate yard signs. And of course, my congressional district (TX-05) is gerrymandered. My congressman, Jeb Hensarling, is a T-party darling who works for Wall St and hasn't done a damn thing for his rural farmer and rancher constituents. It sucks.