‘Residue of a Racist Past’
Shirley Wallace and her family ended up in Corbin, Ky. last year after Hurricane Katrina forced them to flee Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. The fact that Wallace “loves her new hometown” is a source of fascination to The Lexington Herald-Leader since the Wallaces are black and Corbin is nearly all-white, with a “fearsome reputation” and history.
And, of course, there’s the obligatory racism reference at Mississippi’s expense.