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Originally Posted by dobbles
what is so unsafe about it? and why would it be any safer if you were black?
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In regards to Mississippi, relatively long periods (for the South) of sparse habitation on or along the highways, a distinct lack of friendliness towards visitors or "outsiders", and a history of racial tensions. Whenever I drive in Mississippi at night, I fully expect to see dueling banjos being played at a gas station by plaid, flannel wearing men who are missing a few teeth, drugs being sold and/or used at a Waffle House, someone watching my every move in a Walmart (should I step into one), and a burning cross on the corner of the courthouse.
And I'm not saying that it is safer for a black person; to the contrary, I think that it is less safe for a visiting black person.