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[gwydionmisha]

The plan is for open air prisons for entire mixed status families including Us citizen children.

[prokopetz]

It goes without saying that you'll often encounter prejudices that wouldn't fly today when you take in older media, but sometimes you also encounter prejudices which simply have no contemporary analogue. I've been taking in a lot of American media from the 1970s lately, for example, and there seems to be this whole thing about the moral degeneracy of the Swedish going on – and while I know there's probably a fascinating cultural context to that, it never stops feeling vaguely like I'm somehow being pranked.

[macmanx]

An exploration of the depth of a father's love, and his attempts to keep his son happy, healthy and safe in a world rife with racism and violence.

This is one of the best and most impactful episodes of the podcast so far.

[jewish-microwave-laser]

hello gringo. you are strapped into an electric chair. next to you is a person who will mention the country argentina. if you mention nazis or nazism in the next 30 minutes, you will be killed. if you resist the temptation, you will survive

good luck

[allthecanadianpolitics]

After the federal government said Thursday it would make significant cuts to its immigration levels, Alberta responded that Ottawa's plan doesn't go far enough. Ottawa announced it will cut the number of new permanent residents from 485,000 projected for this year to 395,000 in 2025, with further cuts down to 380,000 in 2026 and 365,000 in 2027. It's a significant amendment to its previous plan, released in November, when Canada was expected to admit about 485,000 permanent residents this year and 500,000 in both 2025 and 2026. The new strategy sets out to relieve pressures on the housing market and to stabilize population growth across the country, according to federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller. [...]

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[newsfromstolenland]

The Toronto ombudsman released a report Thursday finding that the city's decision to limit refugees' access to shelter beds for several months last year was anti-Black racism — but the city manager said he does not agree with the report.

The decision to stop allowing refugees access to non-refugee shelter beds was "poorly thought out, planned for, and communicated," Ombudsman Kwame Addo wrote in the report, which includes 14 recommendations for the city.

But in a letter to Addo dated Nov. 26, City Manager Paul Johnson said he would not take action on the recommendations, subject to city council's decision on the report.

"I do not agree with the findings," Johnson wrote.

Johnson's letter marks "the first time in the history of the Ombudsman's office that the Toronto Public Service has rejected my findings and recommendations in their entirety," Addo wrote in his report.

In November 2022, the city decided to stop allowing refugee claimants access to general shelter system beds, the report says.

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So to be clear, Kwame Addo, the Toronto ombudsman, reported (correctly) that this decision to refuse access to city shelters for homeless refugees disproportionately impacted Black refugees and left many of them out on the street, and is a pretty clear case of anti-Black racism and targeted xenophobia. AND he gave recommendations on how to do better.

And our asshole city manager Paul Johnson (whiteass name) just went "No, I'm not gonna accept that fact".

Which is... just deciding that something isn't true because he doesn't like how it looks and doesn't want to acknowledge systemic anti-Black racism.

I fucking hate this shit man. There is no excuse for refusing shelter to people who need it. Let alone refusing shelter to refugees specifically!! And the fact that this disproportionately impacts Black refugees is just that- a fact. Not an opinion that you can just disagree with.

Discarding this report and its recommendations is cold-hearted and further proof that white canadians continue to be anti-Black.

Tagging: @allthecanadianpolitics

[thebellekeys]

europeans be like “omg north americans are so racist it’s horrible” and then elect fascists

[charlesoberonn]

[sayruq]

[allthegeopolitics]

In Spain, the far-right is calling for the expulsion of Muslims, labeling them on social media as “invaders” by referencing historical events from the fall of Andalusia and the Reconquista, according to an official. Sergio Gracia, president of the Center for Research on the Far-Right (CINVED) in Spain evaluated the far-right’s anti-Muslim rhetoric for Anadolu. Gracia said the far-right uses the concept of “Reconquista,” or reconquest, and related historical events to justify reclaiming Spanish lands from Muslims and expelling them.

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[purpleweredragon]

The Holocaust survivor introduced herself as someone forced to flee Belgium – the country where she was born – in 1943 and travel “across war-torn Europe and dangerous seas” before coming to the UK in 1947.

“Now, when I hear you using words against refugees like ‘swarms’ and an ‘invasion’, I am reminded of the language used to dehumanise and justify the murder of my family, and millions of others.

Why do you find the need to use that kind of language?”

Ms Braverman responded by saying she “won’t apologise for the language that I’ve used” to “demonstrate the scale of the problem” around immigration.

[socialjusticeinamerica]

[awnowimsad]

So there is this post, claiming that a Japanese hotel is being review bombed, because they refused a man service for being an IDF soldier.

People ate this up of course. At the time of the writing, it has over 12,000 reblogs. Lots of people praising the hotel staff for ~taking a brave stand~ and such.

But, you know, I thought it was a little weird, that the only source the post includes is... Nothing! OP just claims it was from "an israeli group".

So, of course, I decided to do some checking.

Turns out the hotel manager had no fucking idea whether the tourist had ties to the Israeli army or not.

[...] since the hotel did not inquire about the guest's military background at the time of booking, it appeared the reservation was canceled solely based on the guest's Jewish or Israeli name. [...]

So the OP of the above post is already intentionally misrepresenting the situation by claiming the hotel was only refusing to serve Israeli soldiers. (and we don't even know if the guy was a soldier...) But twelve thousand people thought that this was legit.

Great to know twelve thousand people on this website feel that xenophobia and racial profiling are justifiable and even praiseworthy!

Ok cool cool cool cool. Yep. Just another normal day.

YnetNews is rated High Credibility by Media Bias/Fact Check.

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you British journalist Tim Stanley.

This is the joke he chose to make while writing about Gladiator II and that new Jaguar car ad.

The sexualisation and dehumanisation of Ukrainian women knows no bounds.

Imagine making this "joke" when women and girls across Ukraine are being raped and tortured and trafficked and killed by russians.

[xclowniex]

I'm still thinking about that post.

Like how can you be just that blatantly xenophobic towards Israelis?????

And whilst yes antisemitic could also be the term that applies, xenophobia fits so well considering they claim that they only hate Israelis and not jews (which we know isn't true).

I'm sorry but if an Israeli who you do not know the political views of, simply existing scares you, a non Palestinian in the US or some other non middle eastern country, you are xenophobic.

If an Israeli in the diaspora who has not expressed any support for the current Israeli government makes you uncomfortable, you are xenophobic.

Israeli civilians, both in Israel and the diaspora, are not the Israeli government.

If you cannot cope with someone from a country simply existing, you are xenophobic.

The only exception I give is to Palestinians. Not because they're incapable of being xenophobic to Israelis, but because there is more at play than for non Palestinians. I will still call out xenophobia and antisemitism from Palestinians, but I will also give them more patience.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The Quebec government is tightening controls on immigration by suspending two major programs that are pathways to citizenship. Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge announced the moratorium on social media late Wednesday, saying the province wants to “better regulate” the arrival of newcomers to Quebec. The government under Premier François Legault is temporarily freezing two key programs that lead to a Quebec Selection Certificate, which allows immigrants to eventually apply for permanent Canadian residency. Under the plan, Quebec will no longer accept new applications for the Regular Skilled Workers Program. It also put the Quebec Experience Program, which is for recent graduates, on ice. The freeze on both takes effect Thursday.

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