One exchange last night captured for me the racism of this admin and the veneer they try to put on it: Pence declared he was insulted on behalf of law enforcement by the assertion that there is systemic racism in LE. He implied that Biden/Harris were calling cops racist. (Thread)
We& #39;ll leave aside the absurdity of a white man lecturing a woman of color on whether there is such a thing as systemic racism. Instead, focus on the data: Black people and people of color are statistically far more likely to be victims of police violence. https://www.pnas.org/content/116/34/16793">https://www.pnas.org/content/1...
Pence looks much more like a traditional politician than Trump, and he& #39;s better at wrapping racist views in language that makes us less uncomfortable. But when you peel away his false outrage, what he& #39;s really saying is, "how dare you upset the system--get back in your place."
There are many issues on the ballot this year. One of them is whether all citizens are created equal. If Pence doesn& #39;t believe there is racism in the system, the only answer left is that it& #39;s OK for race to determine your odds of being killed by police. That& #39;s not equal.
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