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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] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They didn't even like MLK back when he was alive.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

This is a classic cartoon lol.

I'm actually reading Jesus and John Wayne and a lot of evangelicals tried to use him as one of their guys alongside Lincoln and other clearly not conservatives. It's more crazy because as I read this book a ton of it echoes what we have going on currently in the evangelical groups around the country.

Reglious or not, I think it's worth a read so far.