Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
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@davidnjoku @Talia lot of straight privilege to go to the UAE too. I never would, though I'm not visibly LGBTQ because I happen to have married a man, the fact it's illegal to be anything other than straight... Yeah, no.
@noodlemaz @davidnjoku women are discriminated against in the Middle East too. I would not think of these countries as obviously safe destinations either
Also, there’s no “we” here. Lots of people are choosing not to travel to the US or take holidays in Dubai for these reasons
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That's what makes her a good example though, because unfortunately this kind of egoistic hubris is the basic mindset of a lot of people usually not giving a damn about oppression of minorities. Sadly for a lot of people things only matter when they personally are being affected, or someone they personally know and really care about. Or when they learn it *could* affect them.
@Sirablopp @davidnjoku I agree. An example has been made of her.
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Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
Immigration services across the West have been cruel for a very long time¹, but just not to people who look like this or come from here.
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¹ ICE has got much worse recently@davidnjoku Yes it is. However this is (another) example that we should not allow this at all. If it can happen to others, it can happen to you and the ones you love. Maybe not today, but tomorrow. Resist the beginnings!
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Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
Immigration services across the West have been cruel for a very long time¹, but just not to people who look like this or come from here.
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¹ ICE has got much worse recently@davidnjoku - This a sad day to treat a tourist like a prisoner. Fricken ICE Holes
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Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
Immigration services across the West have been cruel for a very long time¹, but just not to people who look like this or come from here.
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¹ ICE has got much worse recently@davidnjoku Even her name is perfect for an "I never thought it would happen to me" narrative ...Karen
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That's what makes her a good example though, because unfortunately this kind of egoistic hubris is the basic mindset of a lot of people usually not giving a damn about oppression of minorities. Sadly for a lot of people things only matter when they personally are being affected, or someone they personally know and really care about. Or when they learn it *could* affect them.
@Sirablopp @Talia @davidnjoku This is why I rub my hands for when the World Cup starts. Not that I gave singular damn about football nowadays. It’s waiting for the first incidents to happen to white football fans traveling to the US.
If by now you’re still going to that shithole, you are going there with the entitled mindset that the cruelty of ICE and other “law” enforcements does not apply to you. -
@davidnjoku - This a sad day to treat a tourist like a prisoner. Fricken ICE Holes
This happens because ICE goons get a "bounty" for each body they snatch.
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@davidnjoku Even her name is perfect for an "I never thought it would happen to me" narrative ...Karen
@juliehuz I can't believe that I didn't even notice that!
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Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
Immigration services across the West have been cruel for a very long time¹, but just not to people who look like this or come from here.
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¹ ICE has got much worse recently@davidnjoku I have below zero intention
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Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
Immigration services across the West have been cruel for a very long time¹, but just not to people who look like this or come from here.
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¹ ICE has got much worse recently@davidnjoku
Nope. That's you. I don't care who it is it happens to, it's bad. -
Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
Immigration services across the West have been cruel for a very long time¹, but just not to people who look like this or come from here.
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¹ ICE has got much worse recently@davidnjoku I'm confused why the last rich white European getting locked up for weeks was not enough warning for this one to not go.
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Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
Immigration services across the West have been cruel for a very long time¹, but just not to people who look like this or come from here.
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¹ ICE has got much worse recently@davidnjoku its because this is not supposed to be happening!
black and brown folks are used to this, white people aren't! its not fair!
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Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
Immigration services across the West have been cruel for a very long time¹, but just not to people who look like this or come from here.
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@davidnjoku I’m afraid I have absolutely no sympathy for this woman. The opening paragraph is her saying she knew it was happening but didn’t think it would happen to her.
@Talia @davidnjoku you know the US is invading sovereign countries but you don’t think it will happen to you. We all “know” a lot of things that we don’t let change our actions.
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Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
Immigration services across the West have been cruel for a very long time¹, but just not to people who look like this or come from here.
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¹ ICE has got much worse recently@davidnjoku
You’re not wrong. But as a resident of Minneapolis, I can say that I’ll take whatever makes this terror campaign go away. -
@Talia @davidnjoku you know the US is invading sovereign countries but you don’t think it will happen to you. We all “know” a lot of things that we don’t let change our actions.
@passwordsarehard4 @davidnjoku again, *you* may be thinking this but many countries have long viewed the US as an international aggressor
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Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
Immigration services across the West have been cruel for a very long time¹, but just not to people who look like this or come from here.
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¹ ICE has got much worse recently@davidnjoku This is so dehumanizing, I cried the very first day I read the news.
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@davidnjoku
You’re not wrong. But as a resident of Minneapolis, I can say that I’ll take whatever makes this terror campaign go away.@rob it's important to analyze this though. Unadressed internalized racism is part of the reason why there hasn't been this level of resistance sooner, part of the reason ehy Trump got this level of support. We all have been raised in a racist society.
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Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
Immigration services across the West have been cruel for a very long time¹, but just not to people who look like this or come from here.
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¹ ICE has got much worse recently@davidnjoku Reminds me of 2022, when the Tories, in the midst of a massive anti-refugee crusade, were suddenly confronted with Ukrainian refugees. Since they obviously couldn't turn them away, but at the same time didn't want to offend their right-wing voters after having succesfully campaigned on this racist shit, some genius came up with the idea of selling it with the "they look like us" argument.
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@Talia But we all know, and we've all always known, but we still travel to these countries. I don't have white privilege, but I still go to countries like America or the UAE, expecting to be treated differently cos I'm not from a developing country.
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Well, US immigration was odd 30 years ago, and 9/11 was about the point when the US become oppressive enough that it was with very a deep consideration of you really want to visit in person.Now it's obviously an unsafe place to travel, and only because it's an "ally" it has avoided official travel advisories in Europe. Despite that there have been informal government comments that are surprising similar to what would be said on case of such travel advisories.
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