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Wednesday, May 30, 2001

White trash has a tendency to make itself easy to identify, don’t it?

"I'd advise against it. It's not a good idea. They're liable to get beat up. Last year there were two blacks in the alcohol-free area, and when the sun went down, people started saying things like, 'Those two trees there look mighty sturdy to me.' They got out of there pretty quick."

New York Times. Quiet advice on whether blacks should bother showing up in the Kingdom of Skullbonia, home of Klux Klan iron crosses and the Skullbone Music Park, all in Skullbone, Tennessee.'

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