Comment on Why do some people assume all immigrants are illegal and should "go back to where they came from"? Shouldn't that logic apply to all non-Native Americans?

Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I feel both superior and stupid at the same time in this moment. I don’t know what a “wetback” is. Based on context I’m going to guess it’s some kind of racist remark that doesn’t apply to Ukrainains. But for the life of me, I can’t think of what it would even be saying.

  So I feel stupid for not knowing…but also like I’m probably the better person for NOT knowing.

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  • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    it’s a racial slur against latin americans. it’s referencing backstroking across the rio grande

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      A thousand guesses, and I would have eventually landed on it being against Latinos (necause there’s only so many races). But I never would have correctly guessed the Rio Grande part.

      That’s some very very specific racism right there.

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      • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        race is a social construct. it’s a tool of the oppressor.

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  • TootSweet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Unfortunately I’m familiar with the term. It refers to Latin people immigrating without documentation by swimming across the Rio Grande river which forms part of the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

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• voytek709@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh my God… 🤦

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• otherbarry@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  LOL reminds me about the bigot during the first Trump administration harassing Puerto Ricans because he claimed they are aren’t American citizens. Get ready for even more of this nonsense in the next 4 years, ugh.

  www.cnn.com/2018/07/10/us/…/index.html

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• ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So… looking at the context and the intent, is it pure racism even if they didn’t come up from the south? It’s bigoted, I guess?

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