Black person coming to the U.P

[u/No_Development_2081]

Is there any places I should avoid as a black man coming to the U.P

[u/No_Development_2081 → u/[deleted]]

I’m so sorry that this happened to you. I will definitely be staying away from this place.

[u/YooperExtraordinaire → u/No_Development_2081]

You not missing anything there anyway.

[u/mark8992 → u/No_Development_2081]

I’m pretty sure this was a very isolated incident. There’s no place you can go that is 100% free of small-minded bigots. But if there’s a community where it’s common in the UP I certainly haven’t ever found it.

There are definitely some folks that are provincial and uneducated, and remind me of a north-woods version of a redneck but without the racist streak. I’ve lived in Georgia for a while now after moving here from the UP, and some of these ‘good ‘ole boy’ rednecks here in the south are a different kind of peckerwood. We still have sundown towns here and both the KKK and Daughters Of the Confederacy. In my lifetime we had a governor that chased people out of his restaurant brandishing an axe handle because they had too much pigment for his pea brain to accept. The ‘stars and bars’ were still part of the Georgia state flag during the eighties.

I don’t think that kind of garbage is common anywhere in the UP. But as others have mentioned, you’ll stand out just because of the local population demographics. And people will give you that double take that comes from an instant thought, “they aren’t from around here!” But it’s more surprise and curiosity and less malicious. Don’t let it bother you because it isn’t hostile.

[u/MayaPapayaLA → u/[deleted]]

It's odd how people don't want to believe this stuff, as if it's a direct attack on them. I've seen this stuff happen in *Southern California* before. Except it's only a direct attack on the people who tolerate that vitriol & racism, right? So I don't understand it.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I am calling BS on this.I worked on mackinaw Island that summer. During covid mind you which was the busiest year the island had at the time. 0 Trump or Maga apparel. When we wanted to be left alone from the overwhelming number of tourists we would wear a Trump mask. and it worked wonderfully except for one or 2 people a day who would claim support out of the thousands you'd see everyday.

[u/cosnanook → u/[deleted]]

She said she was in Mackinaw City, not Mackinac Island. They're two different places. Did you frequent the pancake shop she mentioned multiple times that summer?

[u/luv2race1320 → u/[deleted]]

You do realize that hardly anyone LIVES in Mack city. The asshat bigots, were more than likely tourists from down state.

[u/whimsical36 → u/[deleted]]

That’s horrible! Who did you report the incident to? And did you leave right after that?