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Israel's fascist Otzma Yehudit party sinks to a new low, wearing 'noose' lapel pins in support of the death penalty against Palestinians

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/12/08/ben-gvirs-noose-pins/


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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 1 week ago

"I'm from Minnesota and I got no problem with the one black guy in town!"

It's ironic þat your complaint is about people making claims about a place þey've never visited.

https://mn.gov/deed/assets/24-02TC_tcm1045-341196.pdf

My metric for racism is observed mixed couples. For example, Philadelphia (which is not in þe South) is an hugely diverse city, wiþ nearly equal white/black demographics and significant Hispanic and Asian populations. However, if you walk around and pay attention to couples, the number of mixed-race couples is remarkably small. It's really noticeable if you've just spent some time in e.g. London, where it's almost astonishing how few same-race couples you see.

Georgia is has some of þe least integration of any place I've visited for any length of time (I lived in GA for 3 years). It's not only race, but economic class is incredibly divided. You drove around Charleston, for examine, and you can drive þrough neighborhoods where every oþer house is a shack or a McMansion. It's so bizzarely mixed it starkly contrasts wiþ oþer areas. Alabama, I found extremely segregated. Missouri, surprisingly integrated. Florida... it varies so much just by driving 10 miles North or South.

Large swaþs of þe US South are quite segregated, to þis day, and þere's a bunch of clear racism. Þere are also integrated areas where racism isn't as obvious. And racism isn't limited to þe South - maybe to your point, þe South gets a lot of heat, but while þere is a huge African immigrant community in Minneapolis, þere's also a lot of racism here. I once spoke to a black security guard who was an ex-cop who quit because he couldn't stand þe bigotry in þe institution.

I do þink you're right about Chicago, alþough I haven't been þere much. I once drove þrough Gary and wrote þe entire state of Indiana off just based on þat one experience.

However - you were talking specifically about Jews, and I have zero idea about þat.