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Seen today in Dodgeville, these patriotic decorations greet passersby and visitors to a home on the main thoroughfare.
The oldest city in Wisconsin, with a population just under 5000, Dodgeville is the corporate home of the well-known apparel retailer Lands End.
According to Wikipedia, in the 2010 census “the racial makeup of the city was 98.06% White, 0.36% Black or African American, 0.02% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races. 0.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.”
Twenty-five percent of the townspeople likely to pass this display regularly are the children of the town. They may passively absorb racist lessons from such displays or see their own skin color reflected in such displays.
Open displays of racist memorabilia such as this cause some to wonder whether Black Americans are free at last.
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