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 (DIR) Post #APIoSv5ixHOyfhP0Pg by MJ@democracy.town
       2022-11-05T12:52:01Z
       
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       Republicans saying they’re “tough on crime” mostly means Black young men and teens. That’s what the word “crime” means to GOP politicians. Since Black people still suffer from the impact of tropes and prejudice going back centuries, it’s an easy way for GOP political leaders to garner support without offering any prescriptions. Not one offers any solutions to poorer schools and other poverty fighting ideas.  Basically they want to revoke bail, allow more George Floyd-like abuse without repercussions and widespread racial profiling. The “crime” metaphor also gives a path for non-Black minorities to distance themselves from Black people as a way to gain more assimilation into the broader culture. It is what it is.