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<p>Minnesota is a funny place. Almost all the blacks in the state -and it is a large state geograhically speaking - live in the Twin Cities metropolitan area (Minneapolis, St. Paul, and their surrounding suburbs). Go 40 miles outside central Minneapolis or St. Paul, in any direction, and you may never see a black person. </p>
<p>The state is more diverse than Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine, but that’s only because of the two largest cities. It’s extremely white up north round Moorhead, MN and its “twin” city, Fargo, ND and points north of there. I walked into a mall up there once and not only did people stare at me, but another black guy walked in while I was standing around waiting for my wife and kids to finish shopping. This guy did a double take when he saw me. He literally RAN up to me smiling and shook my hand. He was a total stranger. He lived up there, and admitted that he was so shocked and happy to see another black guy that he couldn’t resist introducing himself. He looked at me like I was Jesus. Kinda sad, kinda funny too, but a true story.</p>