The Gold Rushers emulated their home teaching as they brought it with them in the earlier invasion of Alaska.  The military filled with Old South Officer Corps sons led by General Bruckner dictatorially established segregation throughout Alaska during WWII.  Including the black men who experienced every misery in building the AlCan as they were treated with contempt by their white officer corps, yet, they did the job despite it all.  Only the heroism of a native woman and her fellow male counterparts began the destruction of the segregationist society installed by Bruckner and his cohorts.  The Oil industry repopulated the state with the same Old South invaders still carrying their racism and bigotry.  The Comments pages and various news items reveal the presence of too many of the same ilk still operating within the state, especially in the Republican/Oil government.  And so it goes.