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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[–] 75 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Not even just Mexicans, but Mexican-looking people (aka Latino).

But it's not just license to hunt Latino looking people either. The stay was not on that population specifically. The stay was on arresting people on the suspicion based off of any of these henious criminal factors:

  • Existing while non-white (this can include Black/African/Caribbean, East Asian, South Asian, Middle Eastern, and Native Americans)
  • Waiting for a bus
  • Looking for work
  • Working at a car wash, a recycling centre or on a farm
  • Speaking English with a foreign-sounding accent
  • Speaking Spanish (which could be any langauge to a cop that can't tell foreign languages apart)

No visible minority is safe from this.

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

    Not just latino. Anyone with slightly darker skin, including indigenous people.

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

    Anyone brown, feminist, LGBTQIA ANYONE they don’t like. They’re also calling for war and violence against anyone who is left Of the crazy maga cult

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This was a little too prescient.

    Image description: a still from the movie Civil War from Alex Garland. Jesse Plemons intimidating militant character stand with a gun, asking “Okay, what kind of American are you?”

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