Haha. Not at all. You ask questions to seek knowledge and understanding. That person is trying to make a point, but is only displaying ignorance on the subject. This irks me. Louisiana politics has always been particularly corrupt and acutely racist.
Hell they are in the news with unconstitutional religious bullshit right now!
Louisiana is really steeped in tradition. It takes time to change things, but at least they are starting to realize the politics there are corrupt and racist.
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Steeped! Great descriptor! And yes, time. In Political Science 101 one learns that most people's politics are the politics of their parents. Most blacks, particularly in the south, don't have a tradition of politics or voting, mainly because for hundreds of years and dozens of generations political activity was, at first illegal, and then when legal, was deterred through violence like lynching.
Heck, there are still sundown towns in Lousiana. Hell, I am old enough to have had great uncles and grandparents that lived and worked on Louisiana sugar and cotton plantations. Yes, I am that old. And yes, people were still on plantations nearly 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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There are still sundown towns in Louisiana? I am so surprised!
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Yeah, no reason for you to know it still exists unless you are Black and travel smaller highways and roads in the south (not Interstate Highway travel). I travel by car for work throughout the south, so I have to stay aware (the original woke). I got a flat in NE Georgia last fall and a deputy stopped to help and warned me that I didn't want to be around there after dark. This was 2023!
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Oh man, I am sorry to hear that. At least the officer is nice enough to tell you that kind of stuff. Or was he not nice?
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Appreciate the sentiment. He was very nice and helped with the flat tire. Back in the 80s and 90s. they would warn you and just leave you on the side of the road.
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