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""'Diversity is code for WHITE GENOCIDE" Billboard found in Harrison, Arkansas. [2015]" by KID_LIFE_CRISIS in PropagandaPosters
Nov 8, 2015 2:37 PM
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JustHereForTheComments
As someone who lives near there, that is not the vibe of the whole town. Racist folk just happen to have more money than most around there.
Dunes8
Town Slogan: "Everything's Gonna Be All White."
JanaJustinsdottir
Won't lie, this is what it's like as a woman reading MRA posters
UniversalBeing
''Honey what's that smell?'' ''It's the fresh smell of racial tension and a whole lot of awkward.''
Collinsish
I stopped the Taco Bell there with my black girlfriend, and the cashier could barely speak he was so freaked out
Graphically
Apparently the KKK is still a big thing in Arkansas and this is the billboards they decided to put up..
LitchLitch
It isn't just arkansas. A similar banner was hoisted in Eugene, OR (one of the more liberal places in the US) in 2013.
greyhoundbones
holy fucking fucks that's fucked up
DapperBlook
The white genocide thing is weird.... but its not wrong to be white and proud.....
johnson21
Welcome, it's a lovely town, the people are friendly, WHITE GENOCIDE and deers walk near the lake.
ShareeGolar78
I've been visiting Harrison my whole life & I wouldn't have known about the shitty racism if it wasn't for the internet. Makes me sad. 1/2
InternationalTuna
I lived near by. Shit is sad and true. Moved and will never look back!
Dunes8
[Banjos Intensify!]
MileHighLivin
Something tells me they don't take kindly to your type 'round there, @OP. mm hmmm.
hetriedtokillmewithaforklift
*plays the banjo*
Vulpinologist
Now Skeeter, they ain't hurtin' nobody.
bryloc
Harrison actually isn't that bad, most of those billboards are funded by people not from the city and mostly not even the state. 1/2
bryloc
City ordinance prevents them from removing the billboards. Its mostly due to bad history from 1900s Source: friends and family from Harrison
tmarshall619
It's pretty horrifying that my hometown finally gets recognized and it's for this. So ashamed of where I'm from.
Shamorza
Well if you are black and your husband is white then you already know damn well you're being fucked by white folks.
LitchLitch
Are you sure OP is female?
LitchLitch
pegging
Lavaflow
Too late to change Honeymoon destination?
Denvercoder09
Depends on when the wedding is I guess
jmeyers1983
Not if your wedding registry has a plethora of white sheets.
rdrofdrgnz
Yeah I live about an hour from Harrison in Springdale,AR. Have heard quite a few horror stories about people traveling through and harassed.
CaCaaaawwwwww
As an Arkansan, Harrison is known as the KKK capital of Arkansas.
Collinsish
*of the world
CaCaaaawwwwww
Man, that too. I'm an Arkansan not an Atlas.
Tsring
Well this is awkward, my name's Harrison...
CaCaaaawwwwww
So you're why we can't have nice things!
Tsring
Shit, sorry.
CaCaaaawwwwww
Man it's ight.
jackbos
"I'm so happy we're getting married, honey. Where do you want to honeymoon?" - "Harrison, Arkansas" - "What?" - "Harrison, Arkansas"
FibonacciToInfinity
OKAY. I live near this town. Yeah the billboards fucking suck.The town is full of old people. KKK leader has his PO box there. 1/?
FibonacciToInfinity
(He lives in Zinc, AR.) There's seriously an entire movement of young adults & teenagers trying to change the way the town is run. 2/?
FibonacciToInfinity
However the entire area is run by just a few corrupt politicians & business owners. Hardly anything new comes into the town that 3/?
FibonacciToInfinity
doesn't last for more than a few years. All the industrial property is own by one family. Who is also in politics. The town needs 4/?
HillOfBeans
an enema.
ITellYouIfThatsTheJokeOrNot
A big black cock.
FibonacciToInfinity
a purging of the old.
mcmillion
On behalf of Arkansas, I'd like to apologize for how stupid some of our people are.
rhoadsalive
Such idiots exists in every state, just don't get it why the police doesn't tear that thing down.
CaCaaaawwwwww
Thirded
Itsnameis
seconded; most of us are good folks, some of us are "good ol' folks"
ADDisamofo
Holy Shit! Its real (and disturbing)! http://whiteprideradio.com/
CatPoopie
Yup. Love definitely lives on that radio station. Not racist at all. I love how some people try so hard to deny their beliefs are racist.
LitchLitch
You doubted it? Part of the reason some of us get so pissy about the racism on imgur is we have lived in places like this.
ADDisamofo
I honestly did doubt it. Like it was a joke or something. Shit like this doesn't exist where I'm from.
dNa87
"come to our lovely town. We have fun rallies, burning cross bonfires, and blackface-painting for the kids. PURE FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!"
CoreyC88
Don't forget games of hangman....lol I think
SirRhosisOfTheLiver
No amount of context can save this
varsil
They're about to torch those signs in a bonfire as a statement against racism?
TheLordLucifersBannedAccount02
You underestimate the power of devils advocacy and creating context.
InternationalTuna
There is no context. It's literally what it looks like. It's a terrible place to live.
RandomAbscessMemories
It's actually put up in support of an interracial family ironically called the Whites, who've been being bullied by... no, I'm sorry, I cant
largehadroncollisions
Good effort though, thanks for trying +1
MrPuntasticSayMeFuntastic
Uh the town hotel industry is in dire straights and knows that reporters will have to cover this meaning they can get the boost they need to
MrPuntasticSayMeFuntastic
send sally and jimmy's hockey team to the finals. Sothey make the most racist signs they can think of. But to save their children's teams.
SirRhosisOfTheLiver
This could make either a fantastic or really shit movie
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
I can think of one: they're shooting a comedy about racism.
plantrobot
Candid Camera on all those drivers going whaaa? no. no i'm sure it's not that.
fraxinusoleaceae
Oh..
MrPuntasticSayMeFuntastic
Statistically speaking, white men with black women have the lowest divorce rate in the country, so Reddit Op has that going at least.
DoingItForTheOtters
Which is nice.
varsil
Probably that if you're getting married in the face of a whole lot of social pressure against it, you probably really mean it.
wobbu
A whole lot of social pressure? It's 2015, not 1970.
TheChelsanator
My future husband is white <3
StealthyChelsea
Mine too. But then again, so am I.
TheChelsanator
Lol
TheChelsanator
And your name is Chelsea We have so much in common!
Actuallyquiet
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what we in Arkansas call a sundown town.
whyteraven74
If you ever want proof of institutionalized racism in America, sundown towns are it.
aWOLFhowls
Looks like this town needs to think about getting a whole foods.
puffineggnog
It would instantly validate us as town that cares about stuff. Just not minorities.
ChillySuperDuck
I see you, top comment shamelessly reposted from Reddit.
AloofCylon
First they need a PC Principal. Once he's done cleaning it up THEN they get a Wholefoods
crazymagnet
naww, i bet everyone already recycles there
PainfulTruthBeautifulLie
Or at least a Sodosopa
BaeCaughtMeSlippin
Even a Shi Tpa Town would work
LudicrousSpeedGo
Rercome Home.
SithElephant
Or a Woolworths.
hearthstoneaccount3
You know what bugs me about this season? In S14 Cartman and Cthulu sent every Wholefoods to the city of Rylai meaning they shouldn't exist
Dunes8
Could be building up to something.
hearthstoneaccount3
Maybe but I think this is one of those plot wholes they have conveniently forgotten about for the sake of the jokes
hearthstoneaccount3
and yes typing wholefoods so many times ruined my spelling. I am sorry imgur I have failed the grammar gods
PatriotBear556x45Nato
Really though we cant be the only ones seeing that
DorianBlack
Also let's talk about when Trey is going to continue with Mysterion stories.
Everythingshouldbecoveredincheese
And Kenny used to die everytime...
TheLordLucifersBannedAccount02
I stopped watching when this stopped happening.
Everythingshouldbecoveredincheese
You are missing things :)
hearthstoneaccount3
He still dies every episode we just don't remember it now
Everythingshouldbecoveredincheese
Those bastards...
shinyRK9
If you want South Park to hold on to its continuity, you're gonna have a bad time.
DorianBlack
Only s18 and 19 are narrative continous even if previous stuff gets mentioned.
GrizzlyAdamsDidHaveABeard
You shouldn't be proud of your skin color anyway, it's something you can't control. You should be proud of overcoming personal hardships
grimwyrd
Can I be proud of avoiding personal hardships instead? I don't feel any strong need to be proud, so I don't want to work too hard at it.
GrizzlyAdamsDidHaveABeard
Yes you can my friend. You can do whateva the fuck you wanna do
revcleo
People are proud of their skin colour when their society tells them their skin colour is wrong or bad.
GrizzlyAdamsDidHaveABeard
My society doesn't do that, at least not the functioning members of it
whyteraven74
There's a 15 year old girl in South Carolina who would like a word.
revcleo
Any society which sells a lot of skin lightening creams, fills it's adverts and shows with mostly light skinned people, and the darker 1/2
poochyena
How is skin lightening creams implying that dark skin is wrong? Is blonde hair dye implying brown hair is wrong?
revcleo
It would, if a majority of people in the media had blonde hair, and most brown haired people felt obligated to bleach their hair blonde.
revcleo
http://voicesinbioethics.org/2014/01/29/the-global-phenomenon-of-skin-bleaching-a-crisis-in-public-health-an-opinion-editorial-part-1/
revcleo
your skin is, the more you get treated with suspicion. Is one where a dark skin colour is considered wrong or bad. 2/2
DirtyA
ok how about you go back to tumblr, and fuck off over there.
GrizzlyAdamsDidHaveABeard
Lmao dude what about skin darkening creams? Tanning? People often overlook the positive perceptions of dark skin in society
whyteraven74
I like how you refuse to acknowledge what's being said about how people are treated worse the darker their skin is.
revcleo
Self-tanning creams are not bleach, which gives people chemical burns. And tanning is quite natural. Do pale people get discrimination?
surfboardt
Except those positive perceptions are mostly restricted to white people. Naturally darker people wouldn't receive the same perception.
revcleo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcAuO0PNnrs&ab_channel=Scurry254624 Children and the perception of skin colour in the USA
SeraRelm
While I would agree it's fine to love your culture, why should skin color come into it? What's wrong diversity either?
Squeleton
Basically, whenever "diversity" is brought up, it's always about non-whites moving into majorly white countries, never the other way -----
Squeleton
-- around. That or its about decreasing the amount of white people somewhere. Disturbingly theres always this creepy vehemence behind it all
Squeleton
-- which I personally find really strange as it has already been proven people feel happiest in homogenous groups and societies.
CatPoopie
I would like to see this 'proof'
johnson21
It's a code word for #WHITEGENOCIDE. I feel like you haven't read the signs near the main road.
StonesOnTheHill
Some people think that whiteness and their culture are the same and that race mixing is that whiteness being discolored. Kinda like laundry.
SeraRelm
I get that some people are racist, it just seems idiotic to think someone's skin color should effect how they were raised.
StonesOnTheHill
Isn't that the point of racism, to make too big a deal out of their general pigmentation?
SeraRelm
No, it's to make someone feel superior by shitting on someone else.
cajuninjun
actually what i've seen from racists i know, they will like black people who were raised like them, but they generalize and judge all others
SeraRelm
Generalizing and judging someone based on their skin tone is just stupid...
ReallySharpNipples
"Black people are the most racist people I've encountered" -Imgur
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LitchLitch
look a little closer and you will find the scumbags definging these racists
CreepyPhlox
There have been lots of posts by white ppl (mostly men) making this exact statement. Usually as an unpopular opinion puffin.
thatlamer
Imgur isn't one person, but when that shit is the most common opinion you see and it gets upvoted, it's clearly the aggregate opinion.
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TestAccount321
This is a collection of the most blatant posts, so several were filtered out, and all of these reached the front page.
thatlamer
Just going by what I've personally seen,it's impossible to find stuff from months ago when lots of blacklivesmatter/other POC posts made FP.