Re:New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529
by ehsankia on Friday November 26, 2021 @06:07PM
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It's also worth noting that a lot of the narrative makes it sound like people called him racist for the ban, but it was mostly his use of "Kung-flu" and "china virus" that people had an issue with, not the ban itself.
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This was a missed opportunity. Have one group mask up for the China virus* and one for covid, with masks indicating which group you belonged to. Make it a competition to see who can wear the most masks.
* we have always named diseases from where they are found, and China/Wuhan virus would have been more catchy. However that hurt the pride of Xi and suddenly we all changed our minds.
No, it was because the 'ban' still allowed thousands of people from China to arrive from China in spit of the so-called 'ban'.
This is absolutely not true. Every public figure left of center in the country commented viciously about the racist, stupid travel ban.
Source please. Find me a prominent politician that specifically called the China travel ban itself racist or xenophobic.
If every politician did it, it must be easy to find a clip.
Oh, I did not read the thread closely enough. The muslim country travel ban, yes, there are many examples. China, not that I know of.
For the other ban, the fact that he called it a "muslim ban" and the specific countries that were picked is what made it racist and ineffective. It's hard to claim it's for security when they didn't include UAE, KSA, Egypt or Lebanon where the 9/11 hijackers were from [0]. It also happened to exclude all muslim countries where Trump has business in.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijackers_in_the_September_11_...
So yes, it had no other purpose than being racist. Just like Trump didn't really care to use the time bought by the Chinese travel ban to actually develop tests or ramp up PPE. It always was a show rooted in xenophobia.
Re:New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529
by readflaggedcomm on Saturday November 27, 2021 @12:48PM
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Joe Biden called it "hysterical xenophobia and fear mongering [against] science." Pelosi was on the ground in San Fransisco's Chinatown with similar words. Maxine Waters too, though she had been talking that way since 2015, predicting every possible racist act.
The official record is better, though. This bill calls out travel discrimination based on national origin: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2214...