For years, conservatives on the court have claimed to be “colorblind.” Yet when it comes to criminalizing our communities, suddenly race matters. This is the contradiction at the heart of the Roberts Court: no race in college admissions, but race is admissible in immigration stops.

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[–] 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 children)

The real problem in this Sept. 8 decision is that the Supreme Court justices are now saying the quiet part aloud: Brown skin is a problem to be policed. And that leaves us with a dangerous question—can a country built on such contradictions hold together when its highest court openly sanctions racism against millions of its own people?

I don't think it can or maybe it is that I don't want to think about a preservation of so much suffering in an unnatural state of cruelty because it is too cynical.

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  • [–] 61 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    This country has never been the place we were taught to believe it was. I think we started to come close to reshaping it into that image, though; this offended the parasitic ultra wealthy sociopaths, so they put Trump in power to remind us of "our proper place".

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    A lot of us wanted and still want that country to exist

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    We might end up having to fight to create the American Dream: Liberty, Prosperity, and happiness for all.

    ...I don't look forward to serving as a soldier in a civil war, but it is better than living out the rest of my life within an American Nightmare.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Just not enough to do anything about it

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    That’s not true. Do you have some suggestions?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I’m sure Nepal could give you a pointer or two.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    A lot of people still support the pedo king unfortunately. Those that don’t tend to be kinder more emotionally mature people who don’t want to put their families in danger. The truth is we will need a lot of maga and the double standards that surround them to have an actual revolution

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They couldn't have put Trump in power without the help of the American electorate.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    American citizens are inundated with propaganda. In fact, we always have been. The voters are given plenty of involuntary help to make sure they make the right decision.

    Don't get me wrong, the willful ignorance is infuriating. But focusing on that won't do anything much to address the root issues, I'm afraid.

    Edit: changed a word

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    American citizens are inundated with propaganda.

    Trump supporters choose to only take in the media that tells them what they want to hear. These people are adults, not children. They're responsible for their own actions.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    America is a slaver state and shouldn't hold together. This is out permission slip to remake society from the ground up

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