Comment on Anon lives in the midwest

• dubious@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  they were all born there. we need to stop considering ancestors and consider the living.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We can stop when we actually give them the same opportunities and protections white people get. You don’t get to oppress a population for 500 years and then just act like nothing happened.

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    • dubious@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      did the current, living Amish oppress them? did I? did you? who is the “you” in your sentence?

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      • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Apparently it’s you, literally.

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    • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Which laws and policies give preference to people with white skin?

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      • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Civil Asset Forfeiture, fleeing felon rule, subjective reasons for searches, qualified immunity…

        Pretty much everything that allows for selective enforcement of laws.

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