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owlglass | 2 years ago

Why make it about race? It's about her being wealthy and connected; rich, well-connected minorities get away with things all the time

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Clubber|2 years ago

The powers that be have trained us to make everything about race instead of about class, because if it was about class, the powers would have a harder time getting away with it.

It also keeps us separated politically.

naikrovek|2 years ago

no powers that be, here. I was thinking of a Latino woman who was arrested while in labor for a traffic violation and she was handcuffed to the hospital bed and arrested as soon as she delivered.

if she was rich that would not have happened.

if she was white that would not have happened.

poor people pay for being poor every day of their lives in dozens of ways.

minorities pay for being minorities every day of their lives in dozens of ways.

I could have separated wealth from race, yes, and I should have.

Firmwarrior|2 years ago

Amen to that

I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but I think this is a very thorough and very effective ongoing response to Occupy Wall Street. That movement has been handily forked into the completely pointless: Trump vs Mexicans, Bernie vs Billionaires, and Democrats vs Nazis