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Re:The Day I Got My Green Card by gammaray9 on Sunday July 03, 2016 @02:10PM (#12026997)
> behind because it subjugates

Since 1951, there has been equal vote for every Indian citizen.

Equal voting rights for all citizens was not true even in the US until its voting rights act of 1965.

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Re:The Day I Got My Green Card by thebooktocome on Sunday July 03, 2016 @05:56PM (#12027811)
Voting is not the only human right, nor does it prevent the majority from oppressing minorities.
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Re:The Day I Got My Green Card by gammaray9 on Sunday July 03, 2016 @08:19PM (#12028258)
The original word 'subjugate' is directly linked to absence of representation - i.e. voting rights. To the second point on oppression, find this interesting reading - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ira-glasser/legacy-of-racial-s.... Feel free to compare incarceration rates.
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