slothrop@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoThe Supreme Court will soon decide if only Republicans are allowed to gerrymanderarchive.isexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1288arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1288arrow-down1external-linkThe Supreme Court will soon decide if only Republicans are allowed to gerrymanderarchive.isslothrop@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAdamEatsAss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·8 hours agoLatino isn’t a race. It’s anyone from Latin America. It’s an ethnicity.
minus-squareKabaka@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoThe applicable laws protect “language minorities” or discuss “race, color, or national origin.” The race vs ethnicity argument isn’t legally relevant since the scope is broader than that.
minus-squareGreddan@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoIt’s not even an ethnicity. It’s bullshit.
minus-squaregustofwind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoThat may be so but it’s a race category of the US census so for legal purposes it’s a race
minus-squareGreddan@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoRacism surviving through sociology is the most annoying shit.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoProblem is, we keep getting racists with power, often because other racists vote them into power. We should do something about racists.
minus-squarearamis87@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoI’m not sure the current court has the integrity to understand that
Latino isn’t a race. It’s anyone from Latin America. It’s an ethnicity.
The applicable laws protect “language minorities” or discuss “race, color, or national origin.” The race vs ethnicity argument isn’t legally relevant since the scope is broader than that.
It’s not even an ethnicity. It’s bullshit.
That may be so but it’s a race category of the US census so for legal purposes it’s a race
Racism surviving through sociology is the most annoying shit.
Problem is, we keep getting racists with power, often because other racists vote them into power.
We should do something about racists.
I’m not sure the current court has the integrity to understand that