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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in WV.  you are perfectly safe going to West Virginia.  No one is going to stare at you, we've all seen black people before.  The only way you'll get comments is if you are rude to us first.  If you smile and say hello, we will always be polite and friendly.  If you are rude and gruff, we might very well put on the redneck show you're looking for just to entertain ourselves.[/quote]

Black person here.  I campaigned for John Kerry in WV back in the day.  Yes the people are poor and vote against their own interest.  However, for the vast majority of the people I spoke to, they were polite and friendly as they said repeatedly, "No, Bush is a God fearing man who will look after us, I'm voting for him".  I did not feel fear as a Black person in what appeared to me as a strange land.  I did feel despair because these people, both Black and White (Sorry, I did not encounter any Asians), were so poor and they were voting for someone who wanted to cut their financial resources and give a tax cut to the rich. [/quote]
You do realize WV went to Kerry in the election?[/quote]

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