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Re:America is giving up on the pandemic? by zepto on Sunday June 07, 2020 @07:53PM (#23452172)
The problem is that police often determine people’s ‘culture’ by the color of their skin.
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Re:America is giving up on the pandemic? by missedthecue on Sunday June 07, 2020 @08:42PM (#23452442)
Is there a better way to determine it before making verbal contact?
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Re:America is giving up on the pandemic? by zepto on Sunday June 07, 2020 @10:28PM (#23453015)
I don’t know, but determining it by the color of someone’s skin is clearly racism by anyone’s definition.
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Re:America is giving up on the pandemic? by missedthecue on Monday June 08, 2020 @03:37PM (#23459947)
right. I was just wondering if there are actually other options available. I don't think there are.
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Re:America is giving up on the pandemic? by zepto on Monday June 08, 2020 @03:56PM (#23460118)
Seems like one option would be to discard the notion that we should attempt to categorize someone’s ‘culture’ without speaking to them, especially if you are assessing whether or not to use violence against them.
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Re:America is giving up on the pandemic? by CathedralBorrow on Monday June 08, 2020 @09:48AM (#23456437)
That just sounds like racism with extra steps.
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