There's a myth that whites in coastal cities aren't racist. Many may be more tolerant than in the Midwest. But think about the motivations.
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I've lost track of how many white new yorkers have told me they can't *be* racist because they ride the train with people of color.pic.twitter.com/w7jpXhYJ4b
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The same exact people that have claimed that then turned around and done/said pretty racist things. Serious cognitive dissonance at play.
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These are some of the same folks that, most recently, have reduce human beings to commodities like falafel and guacamole.
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They're often the same folks that won't offer job security or benefits to the immigrant women who clean their homes and raise their kids.
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That's nice that you get to ride the train with the other. That you value the exotic food the make you. That you love the cheap labor, too.
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And yes, I understand that's better than wanting to kill or deport immigrants. But that's a really low bar, feel me?
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@philommeides_ It's also worth noting that the NYC of a certain economic class have little contact with those who aren't. -
Very true! Though the rest of her thread addresses even those who do interact with many other people.
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yes, I finally got my feed back and was able to read further.
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@BroderickGreer spending all your days in a rich enclave in first Queens then Manhattan does not a typical New Yorker makeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Don't pin him on is New Yorkers. He's completely atypical.
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us New Yorkers, I mean.
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@OuterBoroRoyal better yet, he's from Queens. One of the most ethnically diverse places on Earth.
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I'm born & raised in BK: E. NY. E. Flatbush, etc. I now reside in an extremely historically microsegregated neighborhood.>
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Just bc we HAVE to sit next to each other pub transportation doesn't mean shit.The slave trade, lynchings etc. happened here too
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And New York City despises Trump. Except those troglodytes in Staten Island.
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yeah, and he didn't exactly win the vote here. Not especially popular or in line with the views of New Yorkers.
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