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What are some obvious racist and chauvinist things that are totally normalized? (hexbear.net)

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Things that are so obvious and ingrained that no one even thinks about them.

Here’s a few:

All US americans can go to Mexico EASILY. You’re supposed to have a passport but you don’t even need one (for car/foot crossing). Versus, it’s really hard for Mexicans, who aren’t wealthy, to secure a VISA to enter the US. I’m sure there are corollaries in other geo-regions.

Another one is wealthy countries having access to vaccines far ahead of “poor” countries.

In US, we might pay lip service to equal child-hood education but most of the funding pulls from local taxes so some kids might receive ~$10000 in spending while another receives $2000. I’m not looking it up at the moment, but I’m SURE there are strong racial stratas.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m sure there are corollaries in other geo-regions.

This is pretty much how it works worldwide. Living in The Empire™ grants you that benefit. "The power of a US passport" is very well known. Every country could use American tourist money. It is absolutely another neo-colonial sort of relationship. I saw a documentary that shows that Jamaicans (or another Caribbean country) have a harder time getting into Jamaica than Americans do.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago

At a lot of airports (eg Singapore) there is an expedited immigration check for 🇪🇺 / 🇺🇸 .

Quite literally

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