An example: my wife (who's not white) and I are travelling through the area (on honeymoon, actually). At restaurants, she's stared at, and there's lots of behind-the-back gossip
Traveling through the area? Sorry but this leaves a lot to be desired. My bet is that you passed through *Smalltown*, UT and perhaps seeing things through your already distorted view of *all of Utah* came away thinking "man Utah really sucks".
First off, I have lived in Utah most of my life. Second, I am not LDS. I've had no trouble here that I wouldn't have had growing up in another religious place.
You could just as easily replace Smalltown, UT with Smalltown,USA and encounter many of the same prejudices. By lumping all of Utah into your comment you are just as bad as those you try to put down.
The whole message was, "You're not us, so go away." I'm wondering now how Utah is going to deal with the Olympics when they realize that many of the competitors are [gasp] foreigners and [gasp] not white. I wonder how the rest of the world will act when they realize [gasp] Salt Lake City is more diverse than people think and [gasp] it is a safe and beautiful place to live.
Ahh to hell with it. If the common perception keeps people like you out of the state that's fine by me, keeps my rent low.:-)
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An example: my wife (who's not white) and I are travelling through the area (on honeymoon, actually). At restaurants, she's stared at, and there's lots of behind-the-back gossip
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Traveling through the area? Sorry but this leaves a lot to be desired. My bet is that you passed through *Smalltown*, UT and perhaps seeing things through your already distorted view of *all of Utah* came away thinking "man Utah really sucks".
First off, I have lived in Utah most of my life. Second, I am not LDS. I've had no trouble here that I wouldn't have had growing up in another religious place.
You could just as easily replace Smalltown, UT with Smalltown,USA and encounter many of the same prejudices. By lumping all of Utah into your comment you are just as bad as those you try to put down.
The whole message was, "You're not us, so go away." I'm wondering now how Utah is going to deal with the Olympics when they realize that many of the competitors are [gasp] foreigners and [gasp] not white.
I wonder how the rest of the world will act when they realize [gasp] Salt Lake City is more diverse than people think and [gasp] it is a safe and beautiful place to live.
Ahh to hell with it. If the common perception keeps people like you out of the state that's fine by me, keeps my rent low.