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The United States is a lot more racist than I ever actually imagined (programming.dev)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
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I used to believe racism in the United States was overstated.

Sure, it existed. But it's not something widespread. Common. The claim americans are racists is ridiculous.

Well...I was wrong.

"Zohran Mamdani is a terrorist"

"Mamdani supports ISIS and HAMAS"

"New York City faces sharia law"

"Mamdani wants to MURDER jews"

The amount of shit published about this guy is absolutely insane.

He recently attended the 9/11 memorial ceremony.

At some point, he greeted congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and smiled for 5 seconds.

Immediatly, politicians went wild

Senator Ted Cruz:

Congresswoman Mary Miller :

Speaker Mike Johnson:

Here is the video. You can clearly see that he was stoic. He hugged her. Then he immediatly went back to being stoic.

Dude smiled 5 SECONDS in a 5 hour ceremony and they accuse him of celebrating 9/11

At the same ceremony, JD Vance and Howard Lutnick laughed and joked.

No one cares. They are white.

The US is more racist than I ever imagined.

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[–] 72 points 3 days ago* (7 children)

Social media is a caricature. It doesn’t represent reality, don’t buy any of it.

But the racism is real, deep, and more subtle but scary. It’s shit said behind closed doors in my family, and that has left terrible imprints on generations.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

    Ted Cruz is the Senator for the State of Texas. This isn't a fringe county clerk in Mississippi.

    He is one of the 120 most powerful people in the US. Senators have more power than representatives. The only people more powerful than a Senator are the President, Senate Majority Leader and Supreme Court.

    What he says absolutely matters.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago*

    It matters, but it doesn’t matter if it’s crazy because it’s Twitter.

    Cruz is looking to insert himself into drama, which will get him attention, which is the only thing that matters on Twitter. This is a strategic tweet; I wouldn’t be surprised if one of his campaigners formulated and posted it on purpose. TBH, I’d do something like that if I worked for him.

    In other words… It’s a fake. It’s all fake.

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

    There are 100 senators.

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