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Minnesota

iemanja

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3. Blaming crime on diversity

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Sat Jan 22, 2022, 01:59 AM

Jan 2022

Is an ugly lie. The city was diverse long before the crime wave. Fuck these people and their nostalgia for slavery— because that is what the author laments the loss of in their reference to Tom Sawyer.

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How Minnesota Went From Tom Sawyer to Huck Finn - WSJ op-ed [View all] question everything Jan 2022 OP

'Urban America' code for black. Mankato sight of cbabe Jan 2022 #1

Oh, yeah, it was paradise in 1973... for white people. n/t TygrBright Jan 2022 #2

Blaming crime on diversity iemanja Jan 2022 #3

I always blamed that Time article "The Good Life in Minnesota" dflprincess Jan 2022 #4

Carjacking is a real problem. You don't need Nexdoor, the strib is full of this question everything Jan 2022 #6

Minnesota has a long history of racial inequality geardaddy Jan 2022 #5

And a reply from Mankato question everything Feb 2022 #7

I hardly recognize my home state anymore usajumpedtheshark Mar 2022 #8