SJ Longthorne

My hometown is known as ‘the little white town’ (on signs etc) because Charles Kingsley described it as such in a book *due to the colour of the buildings*. This has been called a racial slur. I’d really appreciate opinions from POC.

My intuition is that this instance compromises the integrity of other arguments. But I’m just one little white girl who probably feels protective of her hometown. I’d like to hear other perspectives that I may not have considered.

I should clarify that I’m not looking to argue or debate, but to listen and understand.

Yeah, nothing wrong with clarifying and I think that solution works. I worry that if the argument escalated it would potentially increase any racial tensions, given that folks are so intensely proud of that part of their heritage — their mention in a best-selling Kingsley book.