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Fix Racism? Sure, give it a shot. America - all of it
From: Apollonius (Theocritos)
3/10/21
Maybe what we need is more of what is now called 'racism' and 'xenophobia'.
Look at Switzerland. Just today on another forum someone who is familiar with the country called them extremely "racist" and "xenophobic".
Yet look at their country. It's a prosperous, productive, and happy place. Much more so than places like France and Britain and the U.S., which see racism everywhere and are miserable.
Any bets on which country will last longer?
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
3/11/21
Racism exists in every country that has humans in it, and always will.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
3/13/21
There has to be some primal instinct that makes us wary of anything that is "other".
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
3/13/21
Minneapolis to pay $35m to family of George Floyd as murder trial jury selection goes on
The US city settles a civil lawsuit after the death of the 46-year-old black man in police custody last year triggered Black Lives Matters protests across the world.
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3/24/21
Chicago suburb approves historic plan to pay Black residents reparations
The Chicago suburb of Evanston has become the first U.S. city to offer reparation money to Black residents whose families suffered lasting damage from decades of segregation and discriminatory practices.
Read more from U.S.From: Apollonius (Theocritos)
3/27/21
Since they'll be getting some cash, Chicago should be billing them for all the mayhem and murder they've been responsible for for the last sixty years.
From: slackerx
3/27/21
Apollonius (Theocritos) said:Maybe what we need is more of what is now called 'racism' and 'xenophobia'.
Maybe what we need is less racism and xenophobia.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
4/29/21
US indicts 3 on hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department brought federal hate crimes charges Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, charging a father and son who armed themselves, chased and fatally shot the 25-year-old Black man after spotting him running in their Georgia neighborhood. Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory, were charged along with a third man, William "Roddie" Bryan, with one count of...
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5/12/21
Judge asked to OK evidence of Ahmaud Arbery's past troubles
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Attorneys for a white father and son charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery are asking a judge to allow evidence of the slain Black man's past problems to be presented when their clients stand trial for murder...
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