Found on Facebook. A week of wearing a Black Lives Matter hat in Georgia

[Nevilledog]

This is the personal account of a white man in southern rural Georgia - who decided to take a stand against racism... and wore a BLM hat for a week...

THE MOST RACIST WEEK OF MY LIFE: I work for a beer company I’ve been delivering for 7+ years
I run a route that consist of Pooler, Rincon, Springfield, Guyton, and Port Wenworth. All of these places are in southern rural Georgia. This week I decided to take a stand with my fellow American brothers and sisters against racism.

I have never felt as much hate, fear, anxiety, and disbelief since I started here.
My Black and Indian customers loved it. Many of my white customers showed me nothing but hatred and disgust.

I have been followed all week, I was kicked out of a store for the first time ever, and had customers openly refer to Mein Kampf and death to the Blacks.
My Friday’s are usually my best day but not today.

At my third stop today I had first ever run I with a Klan member. He stood very close to me and my black assistant with hatred in his eyes. I didn’t realize what he was until he walked away wearing a jacket with a huge Blood Drop Cross.

I continued my day 2 stops later a firefighter came and stood at the back of my truck. He followed me to the door with my pallet of beer just standing and talking on his radio.He did this for the next 3 stops. I was concerned and scared but I just keep working.

At my last stop today I was rolling beer into the cooler and a man in full army fatigues, a bucket hat, and sunglasses ran in a stood about 2 feet away with his hand in pocket. Not one white person said anything about my hat all week, but I could feel their hatred. It was sickening and scary how much they hated me for it. I will never know the struggle of being a black man and I could just simply take the hat off.

I felt things this week I haven’t ever felt in my life all because of my hat. These people hate and want to kill anyone who stands against them. This is very serious and I cannot believe what it would be like if I was black. Please my fellow white people Please help from the bottom of my heart

No American should feel these things and die because of them. I love you guys please help make America and the world a better place.

———by Alan MacAulay, June 13, 2020, posted on his FB page.

[Beakybird]

1. Please provide FB link.

[Nevilledog]

2. Actually found it on Liker

https://www.liker.com/public/posts/310598

[Nictuku]

27. I like Liker

... been checking it out. I really detest facebook. I only like it to keep in touch with family and friends, but it has become so much else, and I feel it is rather evil.

[blaze]

3. FB link

https://www.facebook.com/alan.macaulay.35

[Nevilledog]

4. Thank you. I don't do Facebook.

[irisblue]

5. Being an Ally.

Thanks Neville, I needed this

[KT2000]

6. That took courage

that is some serious hate for someone they don't even know. The racists put it front and center over all else. For this election - expose the Southern Strategy and shame those Republicans who partake of it. No more hiding from it. Politicians should be as brave as this man was.

[renate]

7. I'll admit it... I would NEVER be brave enough to do what he did in that part of the country

What a brave, compassionate, wonderful guy.

I'm sad that it didn't go viral, or at least I hadn't seen it till now, nearly a month later. Everything he says is so important. I thought I had learned, in the years since 2015/2016, how overflowing with blind hatred so many fellow Americans were, but I actually had no idea our country was this much of a shitstain until COVID and BLM.

[erronis]

8. A brave person and a rare one that would take chances while around these types. Kudos!

[Evolve Dammit]

9. excellent post. 45 is starting a race war. No doubt in my mind. We are getting uglier daily.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. sounds like intimidation going on ,violating personal space .

if the fire fighter tried anything , id get his picture and badge number and the beat the u know what out of him.

[stopdiggin]

11. but of course the south is really no different ..

and yada, yada, yada.
Wanna' fu*king bet!!?

(don't get me wrong -- we've got some really swell places, and people, in other jurisdictions too. OR, AZ, IN, OK. But the old Confederacy -- is different.)

Get loud, well you can get loud and be proud
Well you can be proud here
Be proud to a rebel 'cause South's gonna do it again
Yes it is
-Charlie Daniels-

[McCamy Taylor]

15. Rural south is scary. I stay out of rural south. Urban south is different.

Urban south is Atlanta, NOLA, Houston, cities I love.

Of course, there are rural areas outside the south that are bad. But you have never experienced the Twilight Zone until you stop in a rural southern town.

[stopdiggin]

18. I think you're gettin' it

Also love NOLA, Austin, Memphis -- I've even had people put up some strong argument for Tulsa -- but there's also another south.

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[lpbk2713]

24. Rural south --- The Land that Time Forgot

If anyone ever wanted to do a remake of Deliverance they should have no trouble casting extras.

[Politicub]

29. I wish Atlanta could become a city state

It’s so unlike the rural Georgia that you may as well be in another country.

[certainot]

12. yesterday limbaugh called BLM "marxist, communist", and more. and we let

87 universities endorse 260+ of his stations! with sports broadcasting. all it would take is one famous activist to get the message to the black athletes on those teams and dozens of pro teams that they are being used by KKK radio stations

any activsm aimed at that would scare thousands of advertisers and force the ad industry to democratize talk radio - that would force the GOP senators dependent on and intimidated by rw radio to finally dump trump - as they wouldn't have limbaugh and sons to excuse their licking of trumps royal private parts

[McCamy Taylor]

13. OMG! I need to start doing this too.

Great way to share the experience.

[tiredtoo]

14. Just went to facebook link and shared on my timeline.

Can't wait to see what the trumpers response to this is. My bet is it will be silence, but you never know.

[Woodwizard]

16. I have a rabidly catholic cousin

Who calls black lives matter a terrorist organisation, wonder where he got that from............

[Joe Nation]

17. It IS about hate and not heritage.

They just have it backwards.

[llashram]

19. you are a true

man of peace, integrity and insight, now. Please stay safe, head on a swivel and 6. Trump has brought out just how hateful and racist some of the American people can be. We the people can be just Americans accepting all if they are not hurting anyone. Trump and his hateful militias just won't let that happen. He built his fence so his perimeter is set for when he refuses to leave the WH after his resounding defeat in November.

You are a true patriot.

[Joinfortmill]

20. I'm truly horrified, but, sadly, not surprised. Stay safe. Vote.

[Brainfodder]

21. It is people affected by all the sources of hate they allowed into their orbit for decades?

Deprogramming required or just expect the same?

[calimary]

22. Sheesh... Brave guy, I must say.

Glad he posted about this. Glad he was willing to test this out.

"I felt things this week I haven’t ever felt in my life all because of my hat. These people hate and want to kill anyone who stands against them. This is very serious and I cannot believe what it would be like if I was black. Please my fellow white people Please help from the bottom of my heart

No American should feel these things and die because of them. I love you guys please help make America and the world a better place."

That's one helluva learning experience he set up for himself. And he took it to heart.

[napi21]

23. I ;ive in Ga. & I know the rural parts of the State & all the other Southern States are the same.

It's not a LOT different in the suburbs where I live, but you won't hear it as much. FWIW, they don't like northerners much better! My friends & relatives from Pa. all tell me they never knew people were still like that all these years later. I have no idea if there will ever be a change to that either. In some cases we all feel that it's the older generation and some day these racist folks will die off, but that's not the case with the rural areas. They're fairly small towns where people are born, live & die & never leave, so those hatreds are passed from generation to generation. The only possible change would come from the burbs expanding more & more and a flood of new people would far outnumber the racists, but I don't see that happening in my lifetime or yours!

[GulfCoast66]

25. Good for him. Keep in mind he lugs beer or whatever into businesses.

I’m guessing not a small man. You ever se the guys hauling in liquid all day from trucks? That makes a huge difference. A strapping White male will be left generally alone. The will think about it but realize he could break their face.

These people are cowards.

20 years I would not have been afraid to do it. But even as a fit 54 year old I would not. I’m passed the age where I was fit and strong enough to worry bullies I could break their face. But they would know they had scraped with me.

Now I’m thinking about getting a BLM hat. Fuck them.

[nolabear]

26. Thank you. I shared it. He's what they mean by "ally."

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. Not surprised at all... He was in one of the worst pockets in US

[zentrum]

30. Mr. MacAulay

….needs protection now. He's not safe. His view into what it means to be Black in America, will probably not end any time soon.

Brave man.

Thanks for posting.