• roofuskit@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Plainfield is full of these people. It used to be a haven for the KKK. The high schools had racially motivated brawls as recently as the early 2000s and I don’t get the impression things have improved since Trump was elected.

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      9 months ago

      I lived there and went to high school there from 2008 until like 2018. I didn’t get the impression that overt racism was an issue in school although I could see micro aggressions being a problem.(I am white tho) But I do know the people that stayed in Plainfield after graduation and I could see it getting worse. It’s also far enough from “big dangerous Chicago” so I wouldn’t be surprised if it attracted a certain kind of person.