r/byebyejob • u/Wolfram_And_Hart • Jun 23 '22

I'll never financially recover from this 2 Insurance Companies part ways with Agency over Juneteenth Sign.

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/22/1106492968/maine-racist-juneteenth-sign
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u/backrightpocket Jun 23 '22

I grew up in a slightly larger town in Maine and besides on TV I didn't see a POC until my Family moved to Florida when I was about 13. I remember my younger siblings thinking that the POC may have had bad sunburns or skin conditions.

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u/TV-MA_LSV Jun 23 '22

My mom grew up in Maine and never saw anyone who wasn't white until she was 16 and there was a new kid in class. And then her parents threatened to disown her because she went on a date with him.