# Are Walking Dead Zombies Racist?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 3, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-walking-dead-zombies-racist/747827 "2016-03-03T14:22:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-walking-dead-zombies-racist/747827/21 "2016-03-04T00:28:32Z")

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> [@Scylla](#):
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> …3. Most of the black people are still alive and were smart enough to go somewhere else…

That sure was the implication in **Diary of the Dead**. As for TWD the simplest explanation would be that most zombies of color are wandering the same areas they used to live (ie urban areas instead of the rural areas there most of the show is set).

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-walking-dead-zombies-racist/747827/22 "2016-03-04T01:40:57Z")

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> [@alphaboi867](#):
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> That sure was the implication in **Diary of the Dead**. As for TWD the simplest explanation would be that most zombies of color are wandering the same areas they used to live (ie urban areas instead of the rural areas there most of the show is set).

Well, _that’s_ just boringly logical.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-walking-dead-zombies-racist/747827/23 "2016-03-05T04:30:47Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> …Where is the show shot, anyway?

> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#):
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> …Season One, Atlanta…

Yes. My son and I took a Segway tour of Atlanta last year, and our guide showed us the highway overpass with this vista: [http://undeadwalking.com/files/2015/01/the-walking-dead-season-11.jpg](http://undeadwalking.com/files/2015/01/the-walking-dead-season-11.jpg)

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