askchapo

22756 readers

32 users here now

Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer ~~thought-provoking~~ questions.

Rules:

Posts must ask a question.
If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.
Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.
Try [email protected] if you're having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

157

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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

298 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The ENTIRE fucking reason America claims it was allowed to exist is that George Fucking Washington and his associates were SUFFICIENTLY OPPRESSED by the British government, to the point where it became permissible to fire 70 caliber lead balls into soldiers skulls.

But black and brown people should just fucking take it I guess

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not to mention, the american revolution happened because the settlers wanted to keep their slaves, keep expanding their colonies and genociding indigenous people, and didn't want to pay taxes on shit. And it's permissible and noble for them to revolt under those conditions

Meanwhile it's bad when Palestinians rise up when they have been refugees and ethnically cleansed for 75 years

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

That happened a long time ago! We're so much more sophisticated now (no we're not just pulling the ladder up after ourselves).