Ondore@lemmy.world to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days ago91% of people in this town voted for Trump. They are shocked that the Hispanic community which supports their businesses was raidedwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down10
arrow-up1207arrow-down1external-link91% of people in this town voted for Trump. They are shocked that the Hispanic community which supports their businesses was raidedwww.nytimes.comOndore@lemmy.world to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·3 days 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-up15·3 days agoYeah, no. They do, but not in public. Covert racism is still racism.
minus-squareStamau123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 days agothis is covert to you?
minus-squareFmstrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days 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?
More at the end:
The fuck?