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Re: Georgia Sheriff Spokesman Posted Racist COVID Shirts on Facebook

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You also have a huge problem with everyone accusing others of bad intentions.

Until folks set the bar somewhere other than perfection, you'll never avoid the problem. There will always be someone, somewhere designing a t-shirt someone doesn't like.

For me, you'd be better off focussing on more successes and fewer failures. You aren't perfect and never will be, because you are human and the world isn't designed to make it possible. You aren't better than others. Nor are you worse than them. You've done some decent things along these lines. The US not only began with slavery, but it fought to get rid of it. The US not only had its Jim Crow period but also its Civil Rights era. People of different ethnicities all make contributions that produce a more interesting society. Think of take-out but remove Chinese, Italian, Thai, Indian or Japanese from the list of options. How many hot dogs can you eat?

I wish folks could look in the mirror and see themselves as neither hideous, nor beautiful, but human, with the lines of experience embedded in their faces. Understanding those lines is what makes for character. But you can't unmake them. Nor can you prevent them accruing.

Do you think endless, competing claims of victimhood make for a stronger or a weaker society? - Because everyone has something to complain about, if that's the path you choose. It's no good saying white people can't complain but black people can. If the most profitable path is to claim to be a victim, everyone is going to head down that path.

An alternative is to decide not to do that all the time about nearly everything.


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Re: Georgia Sheriff Spokesman Posted Racist COVID Shirts on Facebook
By: clo
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Thu, 18 Mar 21 12:27 PM
Msg. 41351 of 54959

Trump used Asians to blame the Covid on, he made them a target, and he continued this week when he called in to Fox.

Unfortunately, we have a huge problem with racism.
Think about all of those Trump supporters, not all of them are racists, but most racists are in his tent. Millions.
They resent people of color, they blame them for losing whatever they feel they are losing. They are the 'victims', mostly white men.

Hate crimes against Asian Americans are on the rise. Here's what activists, lawmakers and police are doing to stop the violence
Tami Abdollah
Trevor Hughes
USA TODAY

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Asian Americans across the United States are reporting a significant increase in hate crimes, harassment and discrimination tied to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than a year after these attacks began, the pandemic has galvanized Asian Americans, many of whom have long felt invisible, to speak out about the hatred and racism being directed their way.

Community leaders are calling for greater enforcement of existing hate-crime laws, better connections with local police departments charged with investigating hateful incidents, and other Americans to consider the impact of their words and actions on the country’s estimated 21 million Asian Americans. Asian American entertainers are using their platforms to highlight the issues, Asian American journalists are sharing their own stories of discrimination on social media and a growing chorus of federal lawmakers are demanding action.

more:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/27/asian-hate-crimes-attacks-fueled-covid-19-racism-threaten-asians/4566376001/


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