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I don’t believe these were ever that well intentioned. Race and socioeconomic status was not something unseen and unknown to the politicians, voters, and every
by skinnymuch 5y ago
I don’t believe these were ever that well intentioned. Race and socioeconomic status was not something unseen and unknown to the politicians, voters, and every one else involved.
There’s a reason some one people like Bernie Sanders were against the 1992 crime bill. Which many republicans and democrats were for. To say the people for it were well intentioned when Bernie and others were telling them of the consequences and having already seen the negative consequences up to that point shows these were not unintended and not well intentioned.
- philwelch 5y agoRace is usually invoked as a thought-terminating cliche these days. It might interest you to know that a lot of black people also supported the crime bill because black communities were among those most victimized by crime.
- skinnymuch 5y agoYou have found a new way to spin the classic “only racists talk about race”. Also added in a “usually”. It can interest me when parts of a [sub]group do something. However it doesn’t have to mean anything too concrete or logical or line up so perfectly and neatly as your last sentence states.