re: #144 reine.de.tout

SixDegrees - I do live in Louisiana, but I’ve never lived in a rural area, I’ve always lived in one of the larger towns/cities that had a college or university in it, and I’ve been in Baton Rouge for more than 30 years now.

And that is probably why I do not run across people like this Bardwell fellow. And in Baton Rouge (and I’m sure other areas as well), there are interracial couples galore.

I’m certain that’s true. As I said, that’s the case around here, and pretty much everywhere else I’ve been over the last several years. My point, however, is that this is a relatively recent development, and it may be something this guy doesn’t see much of, hence the apparent “sudden” appearance of his racism. I think it’s more likely that he’s been a bigot all along, but hasn’t had such a publicly notable hook to hang it on until recently.