>> I note that my home state of Massachusetts does not appear to
> have lynched anyone at all.
>
> New England was the slave trade capital of the North with
> Massachusetts
> having the honor of being the first slave-holding colony in New
> England.
>
> The law that currently prevents queers living outside the state from
> marrying in Massachusetts was apoted to prevent miscengenation. It
> has
> never been taken off the books.
>
> According to a study of the University of Massachusetts, the level of
> shelter poverty among black-headed households is over 40%.
>
> Well, that's the frosty North for you: they don't bother with lynching
> blacks -- they just starve them.
Not getting the point, because:
a) 200+ year old history is relevant how?
b) So queers from outside are not allowed to marry in Mass? Instead of what? Get married in their own states?
c) Not much use unless we have lynching+poverty etc statistics from the South. And further on with vote suppression, etc.
--ravi