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** VIDOR, TEXAS **
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Vidor,Tx is wild. We were coming from a track meet in 2004. Stopped at the McDonald’s there. When we walked in the door all the workers just stopped and started looking at us weird. One of the workers went to college with us so she knew most of us.
Before we left she told us to never stop in this town again and definitely don’t stop here at night because they really hate blacks here and something horrible may happen to y’all.
And until this day I never stopped there if I’m driving to Texas. Have things changed I have no idea but I’m not going to find out. You only need to tell me once not to stop there.
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This review is for my fellow people of color who are traveling though Vidor, Tx to get to another destination. I live in the next town over, and I must say that my initial fear of Vidor had been justified because of its strong stigma for being one of the most racist sundown towns in the US. Over the years, they really lived up to its reputation. As a matter of fact, about 25 years ago one of my coworkers lived in Vidor with his white wife and a cross was burned in their front yard. My dad was working in Vidor one hot summer and he had to send a white coworker in the store to buy him a beverage because they wouldn’t serve him. With all of this said, I can say that Vidor has been actively trying to reverse this repulsive stigma that lingers over it like a dark cloud. I had car trouble a few years back and, of course, my car gave out in Vidor. Of course, it did. I’ll be honest. I was afraid. But I was treated very well by the people who helped me and this helped to alleviate some of that anxiety that I feel passing though there. In addition, they have been holding rallies in support of BiPOC. My mind , along with everyone else’s, was blown. I know some really awesome people from Vidor and I’m no longer afraid to go there or pass through. The younger generations are trying hard to create a more welcoming community.
In 2022 one would think there are not still active sundown towns in the U.S.A. but that sadly is not the case. If you check out the latest tiktok video you will see an unfortunate recap of black man’s experience in Vidor, Texas:
To set the context, Vidor, Texas is a sundown town that up to late 1960’s had signs that read
“Nit*er Don’t Let the Sun Set on You in Vidor”. In 1982 there was was class action lawsuit filed due to racial discrimination of African Americans in East Texas. In 1992, Vidor gained national attention when the Klu Klux Klan drove out some of the town’s FIRST African American residents. In 2022, black people still warn to not even get gas in Vidor, and the recent TikTok video mentioned seeing a black doll, wrapped in a confederate flag, hanging by a tree from its neck.
Just do you know Vidor is about 15 minutes from Beaumont, Texas and less than 2 hours away from Houston.