Well, I assume a large factor is that there aren't any black people in Idaho, so day to day usage isn't as common. Same holds true of much of the Midwest. Since Idaho is the home to quite a few white nationalist enclaves, I'm thinking they aren't huge fans of minorities. They move there so they can get away from them.Is there hard evidence for that? This is from a ten year old Washington Post article. The data scientist measured how often people use the n-word during google searches. WV is there along with much of the South and rural northeast but not so much in Idaho.
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Idaho has become a hotbed for white nationalism over the last decade. Spend a week in Coeur d'Alene and report back.Is there hard evidence for that? This is from a ten year old Washington Post article. The data scientist measured how often people use the n-word during google searches. WV is there along with much of the South and rural northeast but not so much in Idaho.
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Good theory but it doesn't seem to hold up. Blacks are a very small percentage of the population of West Virginia but it appears to have plenty of people making n- searches.
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Those states are mighty white.
A LOT longer than the last decade.
Ruby Ridge was 33 years ago. Randy Weaver was a white supremacist.
Aryan Nations founder, Richard Butler, moved to Idaho in the early-mid ‘70’s.
To be clear, Idaho has become MORE of a hotbed in the last decade.
Yes, it has always been bad. But there have been significant demographic changes in Idaho in the last decade. A LOT of racists from California have relocated there (and from other states, too).