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Have any of you been to Santa Fe, Jasper, or Vidor Texas?
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:22 pm
Saw this tweet. Was wondering if you guys have any stories or experiences.
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Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:23 pm to UnathleticCyclist
The buddy system works in Vidor.
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This post was edited on 6/11/20 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:25 pm to UnathleticCyclist
I know they drug (or is it dragged) a black guy in Vidor... and this was well after it was the social norm.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:27 pm to nugget
In jasper. Late 90s I believe and one of the most fricked up murders in history
This post was edited on 6/11/20 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:28 pm to Sun God
I thought it was in Jasper (Byrd murder)
And yeah it's heinous
And yeah it's heinous
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:29 pm to UnathleticCyclist
Sante Fe doest belong on THIS list
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:31 pm to Pettifogger
Something happened in Vidor, too. Or it was just a really big stronghold for the KKK
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:34 pm to nugget
Vidor is on I-10 about 10 miles east of Beaumont. Jasper is what, 40-50 miles to the north.
Santa Fe is kind of between Houston and Galveston.
There was a bad school shooting in Santa Fe a few years ago.
I think the murder you're referring to was in Jasper. 3 white guys dragged a fellow named Byrd to his death. One of the 3 was executed. I think another died of natural causes. And the 3rd is in prison for life. Avoided the death sentence by testifying. Need to confirm this though.
ETA: Correction - 2 of the 3 were executed by the State of Texas. The third is eligible for parole in 2038.
Santa Fe is kind of between Houston and Galveston.
There was a bad school shooting in Santa Fe a few years ago.
I think the murder you're referring to was in Jasper. 3 white guys dragged a fellow named Byrd to his death. One of the 3 was executed. I think another died of natural causes. And the 3rd is in prison for life. Avoided the death sentence by testifying. Need to confirm this though.
ETA: Correction - 2 of the 3 were executed by the State of Texas. The third is eligible for parole in 2038.
This post was edited on 6/11/20 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:41 pm to UnathleticCyclist
Last time we had a thread that mentioned Vidor they made it sound like a Texas version of Holden, LA.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:44 pm to UnathleticCyclist
when i was a kid in the early 90s we went to a baseball tournament in santa fe. drove by the grand dragons house. Had all these gargoyle statues in the yard and about a 6 ft chain link fence around the property. after the last game we ate at the black eyed pea and the 2 black kids on our team we in a real big hurry to get out of there. they had definitely been warned.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:46 pm to UnathleticCyclist
One of the best Popeyes that you will ever go to over there in vidor
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:47 pm to GeauxBichGeaux
I was born in Orange. We lived in Vidor for maybe a year in 1976.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:47 pm to UnathleticCyclist
A childhood friend of mine was the head ball coach at Vidor HS for a while. I think they might have won state one year.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:55 pm to UnathleticCyclist
I grew up in Beaumont and played football and ran track in vidor. I never saw anything overtly racists but the black guys on my teams usually didn't go with us when we played in vidor. I did drive by a Klan rally in the Jasper area when I was in my early 20s. Freaked me out.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:56 pm to Zappas Stache
You must be pretty old
Posted on 6/11/20 at 10:00 pm to Sun God
I prefer the term "wise".
Posted on 6/11/20 at 10:04 pm to OWLFAN86
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Sante Fe doest belong on THIS list
when we played our game against them they were calling us mud people and mongrels (cause we had 2 black kids and maybe 3 mexicans). these were 11 and 12 year olds. dont think i ever enjoyed beating the shite out of a team as much as we did that day. id say SF is, or at least was, comparable to the other two cities.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 10:05 pm to Zappas Stache
Lived in jasper for a short while. These three don’t have much on evadale and Saratoga. The US housing director tried to intergrate vidor one time through public housing. Don’t think it went as planned.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 10:05 pm to Zappas Stache
This post was edited on 6/11/20 at 10:06 pm
Posted on 6/11/20 at 10:17 pm to UnathleticCyclist
I was born and raised in Vidor. 90% of the people there are great people with good hearts and don’t discriminate. You have the 10% meth heads, redneck trash that you have in a lot of other cities. We get a bad rap because of the klan rallies they used to hold, but that was way before my time.
Having said all of that, I’m hesitant to say that’s where I’m from to black people, because they instantly assume I’m racist. It’s annoying, and I doubt people will forget the past.
It is what it is. But I can guarantee you, if you go to the Walmart, you will 10000000% see people that could have been in Tiger King.
Having said all of that, I’m hesitant to say that’s where I’m from to black people, because they instantly assume I’m racist. It’s annoying, and I doubt people will forget the past.
It is what it is. But I can guarantee you, if you go to the Walmart, you will 10000000% see people that could have been in Tiger King.
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