Posted February 15, 200718 yr Muncie, Indiana County seat of Delaware County in east central Indiana Home of Ball State University Birthplace of the Ball Corporation The police force includes Officers Erik Estrada, LaToya Jackson, Jack Osbourne, Trish Stratus, and Jason Acuña (from the short lived reality series Armed and Famous) The city was studied as part of the famous Middletown Studies Wikipedia
February 15, 200718 yr Huh, the other Delaware County. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 16, 200718 yr What's the deal with Muncie? ... A black friend of mine that is pretty keen on Black American history talks heavily on Muncie's KKK history ...
February 16, 200718 yr What's the deal with Muncie? ... A black friend of mine that is pretty keen on Black American history talks heavily on Muncie's KKK history ... It ain't all history; racism is still an issue in Muncie. A friend who used to work on canvassing teams for Citizens' Action Coalition told about going to Muncie with a team that included a couple of black canvassers and having people call the police on them. An infamous lynching took place on the courthouse square in Marion, just one county away, in 1930. That whole area is still pretty strongly bible-belt, where "Love your neighbor" carries the stipulation, "if he's WASP and hetero." I'm probably being harsh on the region; there are a lot of good people there, but the intolerant rednecks are the most vocal and they tend to influence outsiders' perception.
February 16, 200718 yr What's the deal with Muncie? ... A black friend of mine that is pretty keen on Black American history talks heavily on Muncie's KKK history ... Reminds me of Howell, MI. I've read a lot about the Klan history there.
February 18, 200718 yr What's the deal with Muncie? ... A black friend of mine that is pretty keen on Black American history talks heavily on Muncie's KKK history ... Sadly, I don't think it is just a Muncie thing. The Klan has a pretty strong history in Indiana and the Indiana State Library has quite a collection of material on the subject. http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/isl/indiana/Klan.html
February 19, 200718 yr Indiana was a strong hold for the kkk in the first half of the 20th century. Though its basically fallen apart now, there is still alot of racism in the older more rural generation. Though this is not unique to Indiana.
February 25, 200718 yr Say .... this is MY town! - next time folks stop by, let's do a pub crawl / architectural tour. www.pbase.com/archetype
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