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Whitest Town In America?


I hadn't seen this for many years, but towards the end it occurred to me that there was zero diversity in this town. Then again it appeared there might only be one religion in town too. Ok.... It was a small town, but it was big enough for a good size school, a library, and a police force that could afford two cops on patrol. Real small towns can't afford all that.

My guess is that they couldn't very well show a closed society that outlaws dancing and music (Not too sure that's legal either), and then show minorities living there as if they were accepted. It would seem like too much of a stretch.

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Totally realistic depending on the area. I never went from elementary tbrough high school with any black students. My elementary was just for my small town so probably a couple hundred students. My high school was for the entire county and there were over 1200 students...not a single o e was black. We had every race/ethnicity except for black. I'd say the high school was about 95% white but there were several Indian students, hispanics, asians, and even a couple native Americans but no blacks.

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