Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoIt's a terrible timeline to be in at the moment, at least white people are experiencing the policing non-whites suffer from in this countryimagemessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down120
arrow-up1444arrow-down1imageIt's a terrible timeline to be in at the moment, at least white people are experiencing the policing non-whites suffer from in this countrySunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square51linkfedilink
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 months agoSome of this country is very white. Do you think the cops police them differently? That they treat poor white people with respect? No, and they never have. They prey on the poor and most vulnerable. If there’s a wealthy non-white community, they will always “get a pass”. A perfect example of this in action is the homeless. How do the cops treat the homeless? Are they kind and merciful to the white ones? Are they racist? Many of them are, of course (and sexist, etc). But they ALL prey on the impoverished by design.
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoRespect? No. But they certainly treat poor black people a hell of a lot worse than poor white people.
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNah, they slash up their slum town tent and beat them just like everybody else in the camp
minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoOh, so you’re not poor.
Some of this country is very white. Do you think the cops police them differently? That they treat poor white people with respect?
No, and they never have. They prey on the poor and most vulnerable. If there’s a wealthy non-white community, they will always “get a pass”.
A perfect example of this in action is the homeless. How do the cops treat the homeless? Are they kind and merciful to the white ones?
Are they racist? Many of them are, of course (and sexist, etc).
But they ALL prey on the impoverished by design.
Respect? No. But they certainly treat poor black people a hell of a lot worse than poor white people.
Nah, they slash up their slum town tent and beat them just like everybody else in the camp
Oh, so you’re not poor.