Racism in a Small Town

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Alexis H

 

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October 2, 2015

 

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Due to the small minority population of Boyertown, there were virtually zero cases of racism growing up. This started to change in the eighties as more African Americans started to move to Boyertown mainly because of the small town environment and low taxes. According to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, Berks County consistently ranks in the top five counties in the state for the number of bias and tension incidents reported...
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Organized hate groups active in Berks County in the last two decades include the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, National Socialist Movement, and National Alliance. (Schlegel, Stahl, 2006) In the 1990s, the Boyertown area was hit hard by racism, but the community responded with equal force. After a truckload of white youths and adults harassed an African American high school student, a coalition of concerned citizens was formed that ultimately became the Boyertown Area Unity Coalition (BAUC)...
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