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I planned to never post on this account as I have enjoyed just sitting back and learning from this forum. I’ve known racism exists growing up in Virginia. My wife is not an illegal immigrant and is actually from Peru. But the number of times we have met people on the trail who casually referred to her coming here illegally from Mexico without knowing a damn thing about either of us really opened my eyes to the casual racism in southern states and outdoors in general. But it’s also our prerogative to Official Love Daisy One Another American Flag Hippie Lover Vintage 1987 Shirt inform you of how your actions affect our trails and the world around you.

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I’m from NE GA near Springer Mtn. We like to go camping up in that area, but she (we) always hates all the confederate flags and trump banners that we inevitably see up there. I’m also always on edge when someone approaches us in the woods… I’m never too sure if it’s going to Official Love Daisy One Another American Flag Hippie Lover Vintage 1987 Shirt be some racist yahoo that wants to start trouble. I met a few non-American Asian folks who had stereotypical trail names. I always wondered if some dumb ass white guys thought them up and they just stuck. Mostly this was harmless but still casual racism.

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Maybe she was intentionally going slow hoping they’d just disappear and leave her alone, and you couldn’t have known that. My wife is Asian and if the hiker we’re talking to is over 40yo, without fail, “what are you?” will pop up in the pleasant trail small talk. This is a huge pet peeve of my wife’s since she was a teen and the look on the well-meaning Sierra Club types’ faces when she deadpans “American” is painful to behold. We can tell the hateful racists from the accidental racists because the hateful ones get pissed and say “you know what I mean” with a tone instead of trying to Official Love Daisy One Another American Flag Hippie Lover Vintage 1987 Shirt walk it back or just moving on.

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