Should minorities carry their passports/identification?
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Anonymous
You don't need papers. You just need to blend in and use Professorio Cheech's teachings on waas sappening: https://www.tiktok.com/@cheechandchong/video/7205760536342973742 |
Anonymous
I meant Black American with a history back to slavery in America. |
Anonymous
He looks latino. Not sure he identifies as black. |
Anonymous
To add, for many of us, the issues we deal with are not just how we self-identify— but how others, including LEO choose to identify us, and act accordingly. |
Anonymous
It’s One latino immigration lawyer and black police chief giving interviews. |
Anonymous
This! Your threat level is based on how other people, especially LEOs instructed to racially profile people, would identify you. My family is mixed. My father has blonde hair and blue eyes. He's fairly safe, despite identifying as a biracial/black man. My mother looks black and has a slight accent. She's less safe and has been carrying copies of her documents proving her American citizenship. All of us have the number of an immigration attorney in our phones, as well as information about our rights when dealing with ICE. I said this is how this would go long before the election. People on this site told me I was being hysterical. Don't let a bunch of internet numpties convince you that you are overreacting. Do what you need to do to protect yourself and your loved ones, and then continue going about your business as best you can. |
Anonymous
I, for one, was right there with you. The rhetoric and actions have been obvious for years. History is repeating itself and it is up to We the People to stop it, because it won't be the media, attorneys or other politicians. |
Anonymous
I saw it. The police office looks latino. |
Anonymous
PP here. I’m a visible minority (Indian heritage) with immigrant parents who are naturalized citizens. This administration is pretty unpredictable, so I’m not making predictions about what is likely to happen. I’m simply saying, I think people who are urging U.S. citizen minorities to “carry their papers” because being non-white apparently makes you vulnerable to random detainment (and deportation?) on the street by ICE are being insane. I do not think I’m in danger walking to work, running on my usual path, going to the grocery store, eating in restaurants, or doing any of my day to day activities. I absolutely think people who are suggesting this are being hysterical. If I worked in a meat processing plant that employed a high number of undocumented workers, then yes, I would probably bring my citizenship documents to work in case of a raid. That’s not what the argument here is about. |
Anonymous
The irony is that if you took the advice that the white people who would urge someone like you to carry your passport on your morning jogs, you'd *actually* experience direct harm. It's like they need to inflict harm on minority people so they can say "look what Trump did." It's sick. |
Anonymous
? why would they "actually" experience harm? Trump is the one inflicting harm on minorities, btw. |
Anonymous
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Thanks for such a thoughtful response. I really am glad that what you’re describing works well for you. You may not realize that some of us — yes, US citizens who are minorities — already get pulled over by cops for “suspicious” behavior or “broken taillights” and such, and that those situations can escalated when standing up appropriately is deemed “resisting arrest”. Having ICE — often people not in uniform, with minimal training, added to the mix makes many minority communities much less safer, and much more vulnerable. I really am glad that this is not your lived experience. You might, however, stretch yourself to understand that your own experiences — Indian heritage — may be, in at least some very critical ways very different from members of other groups : African Americans, Native Americans, Latino Americans among them. tldr: Your perceived lack of danger does not necessarily reflect my actual risks. |
Anonymous
What do you think this argument is about? I think it’s about whether some members of some minority groups might be at least marginally safer if they were in a position to immediately prove that they are US citizens, or legally eligible to be in this country. You might find this educational, even if you don’t think it could ever apply to you or to anyone you love. https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-going-away-dhs-vows-231406203.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJlvq5222RJTgUZso0z8z1MdPiBq46jFwrlkMSrzmmKhGKnwighuQXL2DV00ih9nG4fEcsPzpszpMrbNPJoBUF7iF2kMFSIHIOn9z7JdaEQSJbq8YVeJiGwydyKzGleeWz_HGY8ykd-53rl4bpAk9N06BaQmO7_JcbKUQlwMK8jQ |
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