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Replying to @Ebonyteach
Hahaha. But which part? Washington and Oregon are basically whitelandia. The Bay Area is its own thing. And then there is LA and the rest of SoCal. It super depends. Everyone has feelings @ LA. LA does not have feelings back about every other city. They just think cool a city.
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Replying to @dorothyk98 @Ebonyteach
White West Coast Cali is very different from BIPOC west coast Cali.
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Replying to @dorothyk98
Yes. I definitely thought about the way race matters in this discourse...
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Replying to @Ebonyteach
Also I wonder if it about regional norms. PNW apparently feels like Scandinavian Midwest. They do not talk to you & invite you over until they know you really well. SoCAL expects ppl to chat and relate in grocery lines etc. But ppl know there is no expectation of closer connexn.
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Replying to @dorothyk98 @Ebonyteach
So it is definitely a regional set of expectations about local interactions. Ppl also forget that all the Dust bowl white folks moved to Cali in the 30s. Stares at Bakersfield and other white conservative bastions.
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Replying to @dorothyk98 @Ebonyteach
Also within region. Bay Area gnashes about LA and shouts about SoCAL taking its water. LA does not gnash about any other city in the region. It also does not care about NYC. It mostly is just like, oh another city. Though it does laugh about NYC saying it has good tacos.
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Replying to @dorothyk98
I have only been to LA twice. Both times were great but I... definitely experienced some specific antiblackness coming in and out of LAX. Could have just been my luck. I will say two of my closest friends in academia are Angelenos. And the whole world is antiblack in its own way.
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Replying to @Ebonyteach @dorothyk98
I have also heard for a couple of decades about it being super duper hard for Black women to date in West Coast cities. But again, could just be rumor. I do think that BIPOC experiences out West likely differ, it’s a big region, and I’d love to read more.
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Replying to @Ebonyteach
LAX is like the LAPD. Which means all of us know they are white supremacist terrible. I could totally see how terrible the dating would be in some parts of the West coast. PNW and parts of the Bay Area (stares at SF and Silicon Valley). San Diego hmmm.
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But yes, I can totally see ppl making the point about the dating.
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Replying to @dorothyk98
Yeah, I was California dreaming in my 20s! I do love visiting CA.
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Replying to @Ebonyteach
The sunshine is delightful. The food is amaze balls.
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