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It’s not always quite so clear-cut racist. Often it’s more about social norms and food choices. When everyone shares an insular culture, it’s easier to live near each other without having to be actively tolerant of people’s differences. And the social nets that ARE set up are more likely to work for people with a shared cultural background.

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hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Shut uppppp. I live in a building that has a lot of immigrants (mostly students) and we get along just fine. That “oh I’m not racist, different cultures just can’t fit together” argument is bullshit, and even if people from different cultures don’t get along too well, it’s still better than them being outside when it’s -20 degrees.

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- chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Also as if people of the “same culture” aren’t equally as hard to live around.
  
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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I’m sorry, food choices? Are you literally making a “but they smell” argument?

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Bender@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Hot take: blatant racism and veiled racism are equally bad reasons for a country to have poor housing policy.

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- adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I’m pretty sure ALL reasons are bad reasons? It doesn’t stop humans from generally being racist when it comes to housing. Which is a shame; you grow a lot more as a person when you live next to people from other cultures.
  
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  - Bender@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Right. So in other words, we should just implement Finland’s social housing model everywhere.
    
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    adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    If it works, why not? Better than what most places are currently trying.
    
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frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Do you often find yourself having to be “actively tolerant” of people’s differences?

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- adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Funny how so many people took that. Pointing out that people are, as a whole, racist, and that it influences how they think about the homeless gets turned into a “here’s my bigotry coming out to tell you why it won’t work.”
  
  I guess I could have framed it more clearly, but once the mods removed it, I figured people would just move on.
  
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