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kleinbl00  ·  3742 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Kinda Racist? Try Diet Racism!

Denver is pretty segregated, too. The black areas of town damn near have a fence around them - you cross a street and suddenly you're in the 'hood. Meanwhile, the Mexicans are sub rosa there, like an underclass.

When we were in high school we had the choice of seeing concerts in Phoenix (10 hour drive), Denver (6 hour drive) or Dallas (12 hour drive) because very few bands we cared about went to Albuquerque (Scorpions? Check! Oak Ridge Boys? Check! Front 242? Not so much!). We'd drive the extra 6 hours to go to Dallas even though it meant going to Texas. And I say that having found two different Burger Kings where white kids can't get served.