Ngl this is what every single one of you fucking liberals calling me out about my substandard research practices makes me feel .

  • @grue
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    218 hours ago

    who grew up in the South

    I would expect somebody who grew up in the South to be more likely to have heard about Jim Crow than somebody who grew up in some supermajority-white place like the mountain west or whatever.

    • @[email protected]
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      114 hours ago

      supermajority-white place like the mountain west or whatever

      Hey that’s where I’m from. But even I remember touching on Jim Crow laws in grade school, and coming back to it in more depth in highschool. So I don’t mean to be the “nothing’s real on the Internet” guy, but I do find it hard to believe that the term “Jim Crow” didn’t even ring a bell for the reporter. But idk, there’s lots of stupid people in high places, so I won’t doubt that it happened either.

    • @[email protected]
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      216 hours ago

      My thinking was the people in the South would be more likely to have learned a “toned down” version, and less likely to remember details.

      Definitely just my personal experience from living in Oklahoma, idk if like Alabama or Mississippi are the same.