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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad is a West Virginian. It's a beautiful state. I went to WVU and had the time of my life (and have a great career now).

But but but....for many years I've tried to defend it and have finally made peace with the fact that the stereotypes and negative impressions are mostly true. MTV's Buckwild was the last straw for me.[/quote]

I'm in an interacial marriage.  I would love to visit WV as I've heard some parts are truly beautiful, but I fear going there with my family. [/quote]

WV girl here.  You do not need to be afraid of WV.  There are parts of VA and MD that are far more racist than WV.  Honestly, you should be much more afraid of many southern states.  Are there some backwoods collections of freaks in the mountains?  Sure.  But that's true all over the place.  Go to the Eastern panhandle, the northern panhandle, or near Charleston.  It's fine.
I didn't see overt racism until I *left* WV and went to Boston.  Seriously.[/quote]

Well Boston is Boston; ever wonder why you see no blacks at a Red Sox game?[/quote]

Exactly.  But you don't see people on DCUM saying they fear taking their family to Boston.   Because it's not cool.  It's just cool to make ridiculous stereotypes of poor people.  Nice.[/quote]

Typically, urban cities tend not to be as racist because they are usually multi-ethnic, like LA, DC, NY, and I would include Boston.

I'm the "inter-racial relationship" poster.  We have been to Boston, and never had an issue.  The only reason I questioned WV is because of, yes, the stereotype that they are majority white and rural so they are not used to interracial couples ,and second, a friend of mine who is Hispanic, took a trip up there with some friends who were black and white, and they got stares and comments.  OK, so that was one person's experience, but it did make me wonder.[/quote]

Where in WV were there?  And what kind of "comments" did they get?  I'm not unable to believe there are racists there, because I'm pretty damn sure there are racists everywhere, but I've seen if anything less of it in WV than in other places I've been (Philly, DC, Boston).  (FWIW, my husband is Hispanic, and we spend a lot of time w/ my family in WV.  Over 14 years, never had a single issue.  The only actually racist comment he's received in my presence was in L.A.)[/quote]

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