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re: What is the story with Vidor Texas?
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:11 am to jdd48
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:11 am to jdd48
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Many years ago there was a guy in Lafayette named Darrell Flinn with a public access tv show on Acadiana Open Network where he'd dress in his outfit and burn crosses live on the air.
Oh crap! I hadn't thought about that in a long time. That was when AOC (Acadiana Open Channel) just started. Wow! Can you imagine if they tried that today?
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:12 am to FightinTigersDammit
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Klan and bikers
Modern Vidor is probably more cartel than KKK and bikers
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:13 am to TIGERHOLD
"Some people did something"
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:16 am to TIGERHOLD
Tracy Byrd and Clay Walker are from there.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:21 am to TIGERHOLD
Town full of Southern Democrats aka Biden Country
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:21 am to stout
quote:
Modern Vidor is probably more cartel than KKK and bikers
Mostly meth heads and other various white trash.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:22 am to Dragula
quote:Trump got over 80% of the vote in 2020
Town full of Southern Democrats aka Biden Country
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:25 am to WestCoastAg
any time i have ever stopped for diesel in Vidor, which is quite a lot, all i have ever seen are black and mexican people. if it's the KKK infested whiteville that is reputed to be, they're doing a really, really shitty job.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:27 am to Sam Quint
quote:You sure that was Vidor? It's like 95+% white.
any time i have ever stopped for diesel in Vidor, which is quite a lot, all i have ever seen are black and mexican people. if it's the KKK infested whiteville that is reputed to be, they're doing a really, really shitty job.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:27 am to Sam Quint
quote:well yeah, you’re at a gas station
any time i have ever stopped for diesel in Vidor, which is quite a lot, all i have ever seen are black
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:29 am to TIGERHOLD
Racist redneck town
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:29 am to billjamin
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You sure that was Vidor? It's like 95+% white.
They built a lot of Government housing there in the 90s and beyond so some areas are not as white as they used to be.
This post was edited on 6/6/23 at 11:31 am
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:31 am to stout
It’s still 97% white
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:32 am to stout
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Not for a long time. They built a lot of Government housing there in the 90s and beyond.
All the census data disagrees with that.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:32 am to stout
quote:People still think Jasper is a sundown town but it's majority Black. Once again, the demand outnumbers the supply.
Vidor used to be a sundown town with KKK ties a long time ago. Couple that with the Jasper Texas dragging years ago and people are still scared of it based purely on reputation.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:33 am to billjamin
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You sure that was Vidor? It's like 95+% white.
maybe i was just seeing my fellow road-warriors.
95% white you say? hmm....
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:33 am to TIGERHOLD
everything you like about vidor is because of white people
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:35 am to billjamin
I grew up in Vidor and graduated from there. It is like most small Southern towns… Are there racist people there? Yes. More than other cities? No.
However, it doesn’t matter, the stigma will always be there. Especially now with social media running the world, all it takes is one post and it’s brought up again.
There are a lot of really great and wonderful people who live there, who really and truly want to change how people think of it. But the fact of the matter is, the reputation of the city’s past is never going to go away.
Whenever anyone asks where I’m from, I just tell them Beaumont now. When I used to say I was from Vidor, the first thing they would ever say in response was something to do with racism. It got old real quick having to have that conversation.
As far as the methheads, that is 100% true lol
However, it doesn’t matter, the stigma will always be there. Especially now with social media running the world, all it takes is one post and it’s brought up again.
There are a lot of really great and wonderful people who live there, who really and truly want to change how people think of it. But the fact of the matter is, the reputation of the city’s past is never going to go away.
Whenever anyone asks where I’m from, I just tell them Beaumont now. When I used to say I was from Vidor, the first thing they would ever say in response was something to do with racism. It got old real quick having to have that conversation.
As far as the methheads, that is 100% true lol
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:37 am to billjamin
There are a lot of Hispanics there, so I wouldn’t say it’s 95% white. But for sure at least 90%
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:38 am to lovethetigers7
Real baws know Vidor is child's play, stuff gets real up around Evadale/Buna and beyond
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