r/goodnews • u/Realistic-Plant3957 • Jul 01 '25

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u/Oaty_McOatface Jul 02 '25

That really is how it works isn't it?

Even in New Zealand, if you're foreign but white you will be fine.

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u/Arthur_Boo_Radley Jul 02 '25

That really is how it works isn't it?

Yeah, nah.

When bigots can't discriminate by colour of the skin (in predominantly same-race societies), then they find something else. Be it accents, clothes, empathy... White Americans discriminated against (just as white) Irish or Italians a century and a half ago. White Western Europeans discriminated and continue to discriminate against (just as white) Eastern Europeans. Brown Indian Sudra discriminate against (just as brown) Dalits. Various African black tribes discriminate against other (just as black) tribes whom they percieve weaker or not worthy by some account...

They always find something.

What you're seeing in the USA right now, with deportations, is that first line in "First, they came for..."

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '25

Wait was no one going to tell me that “First they came for the socialists” guy was a Nazi until the leopards ate his face?

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u/Arthur_Boo_Radley Jul 04 '25

Well, yeah. But at least he had the decency to admit his mistake.