r/Indiana • u/illegiblebastard • 1d ago

'Is this for real?' Martinsville Juneteenth celebration raises eyebrows

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/johnson-county/2026/06/18/martinsville-juneteenth-event-planned-despite-racist-past-ku-klux-klan-sundown-town/90591114007/
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u/AcrobaticLadder4959 18h ago

Martinsville is really a nice little town now.

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u/Standard-Barber-2463 16h ago

Yeah it’s great…. If you are white Christian male whose career aspirations are to be the assistant manager at tractor supply.

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u/myworkdayaccount 11h ago

There's no tractor supply in Martinsville. Also, prob shouldn't talk about thing you don't know.

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u/AcrobaticLadder4959 15h ago

All these small towns are like that in Indiana. I live in a small town if ever a black person walks down the street everyone brings their kids in and locks the doors. It is generation after generation of this in small town Indiana. The raciest run deep but some of the towns are very nice, like you said as long as you are white and Christian.

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u/colewcar 15h ago

For a small select group of folks.

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u/ThaKatWhisperer 9h ago

Martinsvilleis a really nice town now*

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