Dec 7, 2024
Is this where the phrase “the other side of the tracks” comes from?
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Written by Keith Muckett
Antiracism writer. Follower of Jesus the Messiah. Life long #StarTrek fan. #TheMatrix and #Inception fanatic. 🇬🇧🇻🇨🇨🇭
The wrong side of the tracks has often referred to where lived minorities, ethnics, immigrants, and the poor. The town I lived in didn't have many non-whites in the past. But the South side of town, on the other side of the tracks, was where working…
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