#DISCRIMINATION

[tigergingicat]

I, an elections official, used this on Tuesday when a young White police officer challenged a Black voter who appeared to be photographing his ballot. I walked over and said, "hey, no need for this, let's have this man and his dad vote and then they can go out into the hall and take a selfie with the sample ballots."

I then walked over to the police officer while I was waiting for the two men and pointed out in a stage whisper that he was supposed to be backing up the election officials, not accusing voters.

I walked out of the room with the man and his dad after they voted and made sure they were okay and offered to take the photo.

And then I called City Hall on Friday and said "I can't tell you the officer's name because *I* wouldn't be anonymous, but perhaps some retraining is in order."

This was in a blue precinct in a blue city in a blue state.

Let's take care of each other.

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[nimrochan]

I’m a Jew in NYC. I’ve witnessed, multiple times, large groups of people marching down streets, chanting for the deaths of my people and tearing down posters of hostages and other 10/07 victims. More than once, people have burned both Israeli and American flags. They’ve spray-painted swastikas everywhere and harassed, even attacked numerous Jews all over the city since 10/07. Most recently, I sat on the subway while two people shouted about how all Jews Israelis are baby-killing imperialists, then watched other people willingly take their flyers.

I’m not the protesting type, but I’ve personally attended a completely apolitical memorial gathering, because I needed the catharsis, where even then, protesters wouldn’t let us grieve in peace.

Isn’t it SO WEIRD that, never ONCE did it occur to me to attack any of them, run them over, throw them in the Hudson River, stamp on their faces while they lay bleeding on the ground, demand their passports, attack NUMEROUS OTHER people who weren’t involved. Not even a fleeting thought of such acts.

It’s almost like… I am not a completely unhinged psychopath 🤔 It’s almost like, people are responsible for their own actions. It’s really not hard at all.

[keebiecoo]

When you see a man actually talking about the actual basic human rights of discriminated against men, & your responce is to shut them down by likening them to an MRA incel, you're not being cool & woke, you're saying the same shit as radfems & run of the mill sexists.

MRA does not literally mean 'activists for men's rights', MRA was/is a movement of creepy reddit incels who wanted state assigned girlfriends & said that was 'men's rights', or saying that men deserve more rights than women, that is why they suck, not because they're talking about men's human rights.

MOC & Transmascs & Immigrant men & male abuse victims & disabled men etc. talking about their rights or lack thereof & how being a man factors into it for them are not your enemy & are not MRAs, they're literal activists for men's literal actual human rights.

[destinygoldenstar]

This is a video where lawyers explain/debunk the insanity and pure evil of Project 2025.

What this project proposes is nothing short of a dystopian future. It puts women, children, queer people, trans people, immigrants, and MANY more in danger of poverty, poor health, discrimination, and even death.

Basically, if you are not a straight white man, SCREW YOU.

The project will bring forth a nightmare hellish scenario to the US and lead to not only heavy discrimination, but even DEATHS of so many individuals.

PLEASE, watch this video, and research other videos and articles that address this Project and what it plans to do. These lawyers can explain this in far more detail than I can. But I ALSO encourage you to DO RESEARCH YOURSELF to understand the situation. Don't just rely on one source to tell you, I'm just here to give one, there's multiple out there.

Spread the word of the EVIL that is Project 2025. DO NOT LET THIS PROJECT BECOME REALITY.

[nimrochan]

It should not need to require nuance or education. All you need to do is not discriminate against Jews, just like you shouldn’t discriminate against any minority. It’s not that hard.

It’s all new people, same shit; using any excuse to scapegoat Jews and jump on a trend that makes their cruelty socially acceptable so they can have their cake and eat it too.

I feel sick to the stomach reading about the pogrom in Amsterdam and I am filled with unspeakable anger about all the leftist "activists" who, over the course of the last year, have contributed to creating an environment where Jewish people feel unsafe with their brain-dead and hateful chants to "globalise the intifada" and "from the river to the sea".

Ohhh you're all so upset about Republicans being nazis. "Punch a nazi!" Yeah, right. But what did you do about the nazis in your own camp? The ones cheering on terrorist organisations, celebrating rape as a form of resistance ("Me too" unless you're a Jew?) calling for violence against the Jewish community and the destruction of the only Jewish state in the world?

You know, it would have been entirely possible to support the cause of the Palestinian people and raise awareness for the suffering of the Palestinian civilians without going full-on antisemitism and siding with Islamist groups who don't give a shit about their own civilians. But that would have required nuance, it would have required educating yourself on the issue and reflecting you own internalised antisemitism.

I stand in solidarity with the Jewish community around the world.

Never Again is Now.

[nando161mando]

Healthcare pls

[nova-alien-rants]

people stop being antisemitic for one fucking second challenge (impossible)

[yemme]

SCRATCHED. He used a box cutter to carve the N word on his skin... A BOX CUTTER. Then made claims they were best friends. The only black person on the swim team. The racist may no longer be a student but that is the class of which Gettysburg College accepts. Send your black children to HBCU's. White people have lost their fucking minds like a rabies virus.

[aunti-christ-ine]

It’s that time of year again, to remember that the Salvation Army is an anti-LGBTQIA+ hate group that uses its tax-free donations to fund discrimination and bigotry.

[schizosupport]

I think there's a terrible catch 22 existing for mentally ill people, especially for those of us with psychosis, where diagnosis is necessary for many accommodations, treatment and resources - but diagnosis also puts you at serious risk of systemic oppression and loss of autonomy.

And while it should be considered a privilege not to have had a diagnosis forced on you, it's also pretty fucking wild to have to forego resources that could genuinely improve your life, because it puts you at risk of having your autonomy compromised.

People with diagnoses of the psychotic and schizo spec variety (especially schizophrenia and schizoaffective) are regularly denied things like transition-related healthcare and fertility related healthcare, not to mention we are at a much increased risk of having our children wrongfully removed. We regularly have our health-related concerns dismissed as delusional, which is thought to be a contributing factor to the lower life expectancy of schizophrenics. There's a number of jobs that you're not allowed to take if you have this type of a diagnosis, and in many places, you have to jump through extra hoops for things like keeping a driver's license.

I'm not intending to fear-monger: I think many people affected by these symptoms/disorders are already well aware of the risks in their specific area of the world. But I think that people who are so quick to judge self-identified psychotic individuals for not seeking out professional help and validation, need to consider the serious cost-benefit analysis that goes into this.

And I also think that bright-eyed individuals who seek out professional diagnosis mostly for the sake of validation need to stop and take some time to research whether this diagnosis is liable to come back to haunt them later in life, first. Because if it's just about the validation, I'm here to tell you that you do NOT need a psychiatrist's stamp of approval for your experiences to be real and worthy of support. You are welcome in this community, and I'm never going to judge anyone for choosing not to disclose their symptoms to a psychiatric authority.

[reasonsforhope]

Article | Paywall Free

"Maryland Gov. Wes Moore issued a mass pardon of more than 175,000 marijuana convictions Monday morning [June 17, 2024], one of the nation’s most sweeping acts of clemency involving a drug now in widespread recreational use.

The pardons forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people in what the Democratic governor said is a step to heal decades of social and economic injustice that disproportionately harms Black and Brown people. Moore noted criminal records have been used to deny housing, employment and education, holding people and their families back long after their sentences have been served.

[Note: If you're wondering how 175,000 convictions were pardoned but only 100,000 people are benefiting, it's because there are often multiple convictions per person.]

A Sweeping Act

“We aren’t nibbling around the edges. We are taking actions that are intentional, that are sweeping and unapologetic,” Moore said at an Annapolis event interrupted three times by standing ovations. “Policymaking is powerful. And if you look at the past, you see how policies have been intentionally deployed to hold back entire communities.”

Moore called the scope of his pardons “the most far-reaching and aggressive” executive action among officials nationwide who have sought to unwind criminal justice inequities with the growing legalization of marijuana. Nine other states and multiple cities have pardoned hundreds of thousands of old marijuana convictions in recent years, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Legalized marijuana markets reap billions in revenue for state governments each year, and polls show public sentiment on the drug has also turned — with more people both embracing cannabis use and repudiating racial disparities exacerbated by the War on Drugs.

The pardons, timed to coincide with Wednesday’s Juneteenth holiday, a day that has come to symbolize the end of slavery in the United States, come from a rising star in the Democratic Party and the lone Black governor of a U.S. state whose ascent is built on the promise to “leave no one behind.”

The Pardons and Demographics

Derek Liggins, 57, will be among those pardoned Monday, more than 16 years after his last day in prison for possessing and dealing marijuana in the late 1990s. Despite working hard to build a new life after serving time, Liggins said he still loses out on job opportunities and potential income.

“You can’t hold people accountable for possession of marijuana when you’ve got a dispensary on almost every corner,” he said.

Nationwide, according to the ACLU, Black people were more than three times more likely than White people to be arrested for marijuana possession. President Biden in 2022 issued a mass pardon of federal marijuana convictions — a reprieve for roughly 6,500 people — and urged governors to follow suit in states, where the vast majority of marijuana prosecutions take place.

Maryland’s pardon action rivals only Massachusetts, where the governor and an executive council together issued a blanket pardon in March expected to affect hundreds of thousands of people.

But Moore’s pardons appear to stand alone in the impact to communities of color in a state known for having one of the nation’s worst records for disproportionately incarcerating Black people for any crimes. More than 70 percent of the state’s male incarcerated population is Black, according to state data, more than double their proportion in society.

In announcing the pardons, he directly addressed how policies in Maryland and nationwide have systematically held back people of color — through incarceration and restricted access to jobs and housing...

Maryland, the most diverse state on the East Coast, has a dramatically higher concentration of Black people compared with other states that have issued broad pardons for marijuana: 33 percent of Maryland’s population is Black, while the next highest is Illinois, with 15 percent...

Reducing the state’s mass incarceration disparity has been a chief goal of Moore, Brown and Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue, who are all the first Black people to hold their offices in the state. Brown and Dartigue have launched a prosecutor-defender partnership to study the “the entire continuum of the criminal system,” from stops with law enforcement to reentry, trying to detect all junctures where discretion or bias could influence how justice is applied, and ultimately reform it.

How It Will Work

Maryland officials said the pardons, which would also apply to people who are dead, will not result in releasing anyone from incarceration because none are imprisoned. Misdemeanor cannabis charges yield short sentences and prosecutions for misdemeanor criminal possession have stopped, as possessing small amounts of the drug is legal statewide.

Moore’s pardon action will automatically forgive every misdemeanor marijuana possession charge the Maryland judiciary could locate in the state’s electronic court records system, along with every misdemeanor paraphernalia charge tied to use or possession of marijuana. Maryland is the only state to pardon such paraphernalia charges, state officials said...

People who benefit from the mass pardon will see the charges marked in state court records within two weeks, and they will be eliminated from criminal background check databases within 10 months."

-via The Washington Post, June 17, 2024. Headings added by me.

[next-crisis]

As a disabled queer person who's been battling under the Tories for 14 years prior to this spring, I am sorry to say I know very much how that feels. Living on the edge between ableism and dodgy politicians, surviving on nothing more than the minimal money the incumbent government see fit to allow me. It sucks. I wouldn't be able to marry either, even if I wanted to.

Yeah, I really am worried about the future my SSDI, and people are telling me it'll be fine.

[sugas6thtooth]

Boost!! Please don't forget about the Palestinians outside of Palestine who are facing discrimination as well. Also, the airline responsible for upholding this discrimination is Delta Airlines. Do with that information what you will. :)

[animentality]