Is there a Green Book for travelers of color who wish to not stop in sundown towns?

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  1. Coz the Shroom

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    My research indicates that the Negro Motorist guide book was discontinued in 1964 because with the passage of the civil rights act it was felt like this was no longer needed.
    I do believe in today's political climate, particuarly when traveling in the rural south, a new version must be published and should be as easy to use and practical as google maps or rand mcnally dot com.
    It is bad enough just being colored and traveling through these places, but I recently learned that I do, in fact, have some African anscestry and I'm a little worried that now being aware of this I might send some bad cues to any suspicious (backwards looking people-- like if they wear a MAGA hat or even a fucking swastika, since that is now a popular thing among the crazy among us) people.
     
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    Going to Lucedale Mississippi in a couple days, so any help will be timely and appreciated.
     
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    How utterly ridiculous. Civil rights simply means that you treat everyone with equal respect, it does not mean that when you are travelling, you don't want to catch up with people who share your background and culture.
    All the nanny state officials are doing, is attempting to keep themselves employed.
     
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  7. Coz the Shroom

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    I would avoid Florida... for many reasons.
     
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    What is the most friendly state for travelers who are not WASPs?
     
  10. Coz the Shroom

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    Well the trip was great. Friends and family were very welcoming. My wife has her cat back and a truck. Both of which will give her everything she needs to be re-united with my children once Mississippi CPS and New Mexico CYFD have inspected her new home. If this story has the happy ending I hope it does, love will have truly conquered all. I would not drive unaccompanied there at night. But, as many of these KKK types as there are hiding out there, there are also black and colored people like me. One night while looking at a beautiful tree I shuddered to think it was probably the very kind I had seen before in historic photographs of lynchings. I think I should look into where those trees are, as this would give me a good indication of where things have been dangerous in the past at the very least. IMG_20230716_123114161_HDR.jpg IMG_20230716_115826223.jpg IMG_20230716_123114161_HDR.jpg IMG_20230716_115826223.jpg
     
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    MeAgain Dazed & Confused Lifetime Supporter Super Moderator

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    My wife tells the story of traveling in the South in the early sixties with her family.
    They came upon a cross burning and were stopped at a road block by robed KKK. Her father told them all to be quiet and he'd do the talking.
    As they were WASPs and he was a surgeon, they let them through...but she says they were all scared sh-tless!

    If he admitted to being a doctor today, they'd probably hang him.
     
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    What does the KKK have against doctors?
     
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    MeAgain Dazed & Confused Lifetime Supporter Super Moderator

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    I was thinking of the reaction the right has to Doctor Anthony Fauci

    Fauci given security detail after threats: Source
    Attacking the educated.
    Not to mention shooting doctors and healthcare workers..

    A brief history of anti-abortion violence
    As of 2015
     
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