As a native of Pennsylvania, I’m not surprised when I read things like this, but I am a bit disheartened. Pittsburgh is still very, very segregated. Walk into Eat’n Park on Clairton Boulevard just north of Century III Mall and you’ll hardly ever see a person of color.
It’s just that white, still.
So when I read things like this, just a little further south in Washington, PA, it saddens me still. I’d love to see these people grow up.
So a canvasser goes to a woman’s door in Washington, Pennsylvania. Knocks. Woman answers. Knocker asks who she’s planning to vote for. She isn’t sure, has to ask her husband who she’s voting for. Husband is off in another room watching some game. Canvasser hears him yell back, “We’re votin’ for the n***er!”
Woman turns back to canvasser, and says brightly and matter of factly: “We’re voting for the n***er.”
There you have it.