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"People aren't supposed to live [in DC]" is racist if you consider the population that does live there, and how that racial minority came to live there in histo
by labster 9y ago
"People aren't supposed to live [in DC]" is racist if you consider the population that does live there, and how that racial minority came to live there in historical context. Almost certainly unintentional racism, but you definitely could have phrased it better as "the original intent of a federal district was not to create a large city outside of a State."
- rayiner 9y agoYou're definitely right. There are a significant number of D.C. residents who live here because their ancestors were brought to the city as slaves. They should be able to vote. Everyone else should not.
- SamReidHughes 9y agoNo, they had as much choice to grow up in D.C. as anybody else who grew up there.
- emodendroket 9y agoSounds like a nightmare to administer that policy.
- objectivetruth 9y agoThat's got to violate like a dozen constitutional and legal principles from the past couple of hundred years...