Ben's note: Contributor Shelly Williams left Louisiana in 2006 to start a post-law-school graduate program of some sort. She finds herself in East Orange, NJ, which turns out to be worthy of stories and pictures.

Dispatch 1: Being white and southern in New Jersey, Part 1
Dispatch 2: Being white and southern in New Jersey, Part 2
Dispatch 3: Being white and southern in New Jersey, Part 3
Dispatch 4: Being white and southern in New Jersey, Part 4