Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days 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 countrylemmy.caimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1458arrow-down120
arrow-up1438arrow-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 countrylemmy.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·3 days 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-down1·3 days agoRespect? No. But they certainly treat poor black people a hell of a lot worse than poor white people.
minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoOh, so you’re not poor.
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoNah, they slash up their slum town tent and beat them just like everybody else in the camp
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.
Oh, so you’re not poor.
Nah, they slash up their slum town tent and beat them just like everybody else in the camp