I graduated in a town in Texas that was known for it's racism

[Horse with no Name]

To the point that black people wouldn't even move there because of past lynchings in the recent past. I was ashamed to tell any of my friends that were black where I graduated from high school. So imagine my surprise when I see something like this...things do change for the better sometimes.
http://www.whitesboronews.com/news/news1.htm

[dhinojosa]

1. Wow, what a great feeling......;) Nominated

[zbdent]

2. Dang, so racist that they had to name the TOWN WHITESboro?

Yup.

;)

[El Supremo]

3. There is another town named Whitesettlement. n/t

[Horse with no Name]

4. and Whitewright.

Lots of em here in Texas.

[HippieCowgirl]

7. There used to be a motto for Greenville, TX

"Where the dirt is black and the people are White."

I don't remember when the motto was changed, but I think it was in the 70's

[Horse with no Name]

9. It also wasn't in the too distant past

Neither were the black churches being burned down in the nineties.
Racism dies hard in some places.:(
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r104:H10JN6-420:

[Ishoutandscream2]

11. Yes, the sign was up on Lee Street in downtown Greenville

until, I believe, 1966. One local had the audacity to tell me that the sign had nothing to do with race, but "white" stood for "pure." Yeah, right!

By the way, the sign on Lee Street said, "Blackest land, whitest people."

[HippieCowgirl]

20. You probably have it right

I'm remembembering anecdotes I heard secondhand.

[dhinojosa]

21. There is town called Kill The Moors

That town is Matamoros, Mexico. Talk about bad town names.

[gratuitous]

5. Change does come

And we should celebrate when eyes that were formerly blind can now see.

[raccoon]

6. thanks for that post, Horse with no name,

we all need to hear GOOD news.

[_ed_]

8. It's actually called "Whitesboro?"

Can't imagine why blacks wouldn't want to move to a place like that...

[Horse with no Name]

10. If it makes you feel better...Texas does have a "Brownsboro"

I shudder to even think why IT was named that.:(

[_ed_]

12. Wow

[YOY]

13. Perhaps the folks who started the town had the surnames:

White and Brown. Most likely it has nothing to do with racism.

Remember, Barry White was black and Frank Black is white...

[Lisa0825]

14. and the black family on the Amazing Race is actually named Black!LOL

good points!:-)

[YOY]

15. One of my good Af. American friends has the surname as well

-The former (Af. American) mayor of Cleveland was "Michael White"

-James Brown is ...brown.

-Charlie Brown is (although drawn) white,

[grace0418]

16. And don't forget McFadden and Whitehead, a group from the 70s

who were both African American. It would be interesting to be black and have the last name Whitehead.

Of course, I had a French teacher who's last name was Malatesta, doesn't that translate to "bad head"?

[butterfly77]

17. And all of your points about black ,brown,and white ...

sound silly

[Horse with no Name]

19. I bet YOU would think so

:eyes:

[Seansky]

18. thanks for sharing. We need to hear about good stories like this one.