Sundown Towns: Vidor, Texas works to restore reputation from being racist

For many years, Vidor, Texas was a place where Black travelers did not want to be caught after the sun went down. Now, the town is hoping to clean up its racist reputation.

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[TRIPLEDIGITS]

Where did the racist people go? They didn't

[deva]

It's better the racist you know than the racist you don't know.

[MsGemini]

Vidor is STILL a sundown town pleaseeee don’t believe that things have changed. I recently had to stop at a gas station when I was headed to visit my family in Louisiana. Trust me I didn’t want to stop but my dog had to use the bathroom. At the gas station there was a truck with a couple of white men and they were hurling racist insults at me and my dog. I immediately got in the car and got the hell out of there. Oh and this was during the day!!!!

[mr.ohdime]

Fall for the trap if you want to! Im a 45 yr old blk man and im COOL! Vider Texas is NOT on my vacation bucket list!

[texas_trill_guy_]

I remember a black family tried to move to Vidor, TX, in the early 2000s. The husband had gotten a job in the Houston area. However, the housing at the time was coming off the Hurricane Katrina situation."

"To say they had to deal with racists and racism would be an understatement. The family's suv had its tires slashed and had "N I G ***" plastered on the windshields of the family SUV."

"His work truck was stolen, and the family house randomly had it's windows busted out while they were at work and school. His truck was later found on a back road on blocks."

The family went from being interviewed on the news about moving to Vidor, TX, to moving completely out of Texas."

" I was a sophomore in high school when this happened. I remember it vividly. Especially coming off the James Bird Jasper, TX, dragging death in 1998, I believe."

[sallybender]

Let them live with the reputation they have earned.

[DJC]

Wasn't there just a viral video of a Black man who was traveling in that area saying that he was warned to get out of Vidor for his own safety (due to the violent racism)??

[blessedlauralee]

I would not want to live there. The evil, hate, ungodliness spirits that still dwell there. Can you imagine the evil things that have taken place there to black people. I couldn’t.

[The.End.Begins]

I wouldn’t go anywhere near that trash town.

[bucssd]

Send a black guy with a white blonde woman on his arm and see how much they have changed

[gregp]

I’m black if you don’t want to live near me, I don’t want to live near you.

[locnetic]

I'm 43. I've known to leave Vidor alone all my life, and I'm sticking to that.

[ebuildingconcepts]

Sad how they are exploiting this young black child struggle to have you believe that they have changed. Shame on those sad people. Don't yall fall for that BS

[debrabrower]

" ...Come visit our city, you'll see exactly who we are. " That sounded like a threat. "I treated him like a human being." Being proud of basic manners is very telling.

[mrsrichard]

They want your $ but WILL make your life miserable I guarantee it!

[Missuwillluvme]

It’s still racist especially police … I say this as a greyhound driver who has had bad experience just driving through

[jiminysnicket]

Is anyone here from the trucker who just passed in Vidor? Black, hanged, and ruled as a suicide. That guy who said, "Come visit our city, you'll see exactly who we are, " sent chills up my spine.

[railroado]

The city probably has no money since no one ever stops there. We were always told since kids to never stop in vidor tx. The damage is done.

[Noble_Jedi]

Propaganda at it’s finest. In 2022, there was a black truck driver that brought a load to Vidor. I don’t know where he was from, but he didn’t have any knowledge about the history of Vidor. Once he got to his destination, he was told by a manager that they were no longer taking loads for the day, but in his case he would go ahead and unload him so that he could be out of Vidor by dark… have a good day people.

[DeliveryDuoMax]

Once a sundown always a sundown, once a racist always a racist! And yes I'm a white woman stating this!