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> structural inequity despite it being pervasive in America since its founding America is not unique in this. And African-Americans are not the only people in
by sinyug 5y ago
> structural inequity despite it being pervasive in America since its founding
America is not unique in this. And African-Americans are not the only people in the world who were enslaved. What is unique is that America and Americans are so good at controlling narratives and sucking oxygen out of rooms that other stories and catastrophes are forced into irrelevance.
- wpietri 5y agoAmerica is not unique in this. But America's history is uniquely relevant to the problems in America. Where Facebook is based and the tech industry is centered.
- sinyug 5y ago> But America's history is uniquely relevant to the problems in America. Where Facebook is based and the tech industry is centered. Sure it is. But if Facebook, Google and other American companies want to indulge their Americentric proclivities to the detriment of everyone else, they should voluntarily withdraw from the rest of the world.