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Outrageous-Outside61 t1_j36paqv wrote

Could be anything. The only one that would be true is racism. Vermont is the whitest state, and while everyone likes to gloss over it, it’s fairly racist. Burlington, montepelier or a wealthy town will be very different than most of Vermont though.

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DCLexiLou t1_j386tub wrote

I hear this all the time and I find it to be curious. Just because we are a white state doesn't mean that it makes us a racist state. Correlation does not equal causation.

People in Vermont are slow to warm to newcomers. Doesn't matter who, what, why, where or when. That's just the way it is with most folks here.

Want to be part of the community?

  • Show up to local school basketball games, attend town meetings, make friends with your nearest librarian.
  • Always be willing to lend a hand and to keep your opinion to yourself unless you really need to share. Ask yourself; Does it need to be said? Does it need to be said by me? Does it need to be said by me right now?

Hope you find Vermont to be the wonderful place it can be for you and your SO.

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That1FcknGuy OP t1_j36sz3t wrote

That very well may affect where we chose to go, good info to have. What I've found after most of my travels is that unfortunately, that's pretty common in most of the country when looking at rural/suburban/urban types of areas.

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Outrageous-Outside61 t1_j36tz7r wrote

Vermont racism is a weird kind of racism. I’ll fully admit I grew up saying shit that I look back on now with disgust. But it’s a racism of nothing but pure ignorance. I feel like other places that are a little more diverse have racism from hate, VT racism is more like I’ve never seen a black person in my life and everyone around me says the same shit. I was in my teens before I even saw a black person. In my twenties I ended up working on the road as the only white guy on my crew and that was one of the best experiences I could have had to open my eyes.

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Unique-Public-8594 t1_j36uke6 wrote

I’m thinking Vermont is a strange mix of people who live here because they want to live somewhere without diversity (racists) and liberal-democrat-antiracists.

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Outrageous-Outside61 t1_j37koxr wrote

Dude honestly the liberal-democrat-antiracists as you describe them are probably the worst kind of racism. They have this weird savior complex where somehow they think they have all the answers for the groups of people that are “beneath” them. I’ll take some ignorant white kid who says some stupid shit but has the capacity to grow over a woke antiracist douchebag with a seniority complex any day. I’ll admit I’m pretty jaded after living on Martha’s Vineyard for 6 years though. Haha

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HappilyhiketheHump t1_j36xp18 wrote

What makes you think liberal-democrats aren’t racist? Have you been to Jericho???

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