Ondore@lemmy.worldBanned to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoIdaho voters are shocked that the Hispanic community which supports their agricultural businesses was raidedwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkIdaho voters are shocked that the Hispanic community which supports their agricultural businesses was raidedwww.nytimes.comOndore@lemmy.worldBanned to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago “They were too busy being Latino and not running the city,” said the current mayor, Steve Rhodes, adding that race was not something people worried about in Wilder. “I don’t know anyone in town that sees a race,” he said.
minus-squareTomMasz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYeah, no. They do, but not in public. Covert racism is still racism.
minus-squareFmstrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoMore at the end: Yet Mayor Rhodes insisted there had been “zero impact” on the town. “These were not our people,” he said of the raid. “What happened out at that track had nothing to do with Wilder.”
Yeah, no. They do, but not in public. Covert racism is still racism.
this is covert to you?
The fuck?
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