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What is the most racist city or town you have ever been in?

My parents told me this story. Back in 1984 when we were moving from Houston to Chicago, we stopped for gas at a town in Arkansas. As we were about to leave, a local sheriff came up to us and talked to my parents for a couple of minutes, and then recommended that we leave by the time the sun went down, for our own safety. In fact, it was probably best if we just got back on the highway right away.
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Given that time period and the attitude you described, i'm willing to bet that was Van Buren Arkansas. They were notoriously racist in the 80s.
@PrivateHell My mom doesn't remember exactly where it was, but it was somewhere outside of Little Rock off of I-30.
@latinbutterfly Van Buren is closer to Ft Smith