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CalciteQ t1_jebahc8 wrote

Vermont's black to white ratio number lol

Vermont is also the whitest state in the country. There's all of like 10 black people in the whole state. If one is imprisoned, that's like 10% of the population lol

Also hyperbole obv, but the state actually is the whitest, I believe it's like 97% white? And then all other races share that last 3-ish percent.

Source: my experience as a mixed race (B+W) person traveling in Vermont.

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somedudevt t1_jecjjta wrote

Vermonts numbers are heavily skewed by a high proportion of prison residents who are not Vermont residents. A large portion violent crime in the state is committed by people from surrounding states trafficking drugs. For instance Burlington had 5 murders last year, all 5 were committed by POC 3 against POC, and of the 5 committing the crime only 2 were a Vermont resident2. The others were from cities. A 4th one was a resident but only because they were on probation for a drug crime they committed in VT but came from Brooklyn.

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CalciteQ t1_jecl88n wrote

Very interesting info, didn't even think of that

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Meanteenbirder t1_jec9xga wrote

Winooski has the only significant black population in the state. Is second whitest behind Maine, I think the state is like 94% white. Even UVM with a massive diversity push can only get to 15% non-white, and it’s been stagnant the past few years. Racism dominates the state more because of being around POC being so different for many than having a more-expected right-wing racism mindset.

Source: went to UVM from 2018-2022

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CalciteQ t1_jece4zm wrote

Ahhh I stand corrected! I've never been to Winooski, no wonder I've never seen another POC.

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