.Rybak.
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13677381:DFJ said:I live in Madison, WI which is kinda the same as boulder is many ways
It doesn't seem like a place that is racist, but when you actually look at it there is quite a bit of racism it is just more hidden and unconscious. Many people only socialize with other upper middle-class white people.
Also in Madison we have horrible segregation, education gaps, etc, etc
But because people in Madison think that we have such a great environment and couldn't be racist at all, most people try not to confront it and talk about it. That can be even worse in many ways.
Madison has a ton of old conservative people but for every one of them there is a college student who doesn't give a shit. On my birthday I walked around the capital wearing a pink birthday girl sash and had like 6 white old dudes confront me all pissed off. Then on the other hand people were giving me high 5's and i had never seen them before.