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I feel like part of this is the ability to exclude others; ironically exclusion (or exclusivity) seems to be an important part of the American identity. I had h

I feel like part of this is the ability to exclude others; ironically exclusion (or exclusivity) seems to be an important part of the American identity. I had hosted a birthday party at a public park at one point, and one of the parents had asked me if I was worried about other people being there.

NoGravitas 5y ago
In the US, we have a problem of "drained pool" politics[1], where white people will vote to take away public amenities (like the eponymous public swimming pools) from themselves, because they can no longer exclude Black people from them. [1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-heather-mcghee.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcas...