Why does this author capitalize 'Black', but not 'white'?
I find it wrong. Acknowledge everybody equally, please.
Let the Incarcerated Vote
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Re: Let the Incarcerated Vote
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
John Oliver did an anti-gerrymandering special, until he got to a seat where they split apart Blacks and Latinos. Then that was ok -> https://youtu.be/A-4dIImaodQ?t=787
This is a totally disingenuous way to describe John Oliver's stance on the situation. Seconds later from your timestamped link, John Oliver summarizes the point of his video, which your dismissal misses: "not all weird-shaped districts are bad, and not all normal-shaped districts are good." Your reply neglects to consider different reasons why a district ends up having a weird shape. Read more about why it makes no s…
> Seconds later from your timestamped link, John Oliver summarizes the point of his video
> "not all weird-shaped districts are bad, and not all normal-shaped districts are good."
Thanks for summarising my point? I'm not sure what else to say.
We can also talk the fact John Oliver supports Jim Crow laws. Racially dividing American Blacks and American Latinos via boundaries, that's pretty messed up. But I think the Left checked out a few years ago.
And I personally don't think John Oliver supports the ear muff district. He obviously has writers and it slipped through. But it's about a world he thinks it's normal enough to let slip. He needs to take responsibility for his program.
Re: Let the Incarcerated Vote
#63Why does this author capitalize 'Black', but not 'white'? I find it wrong. Acknowledge everybody equally, please.
It's a recent change by the Associated Press Style Guide. They decided to capitalize Black because they identify as a group, while whites in the US don't.
They may well end up capitalizing white as well, though historically white is usually capitalized in conjunction with white supremacist groups who see whiteness under threat. I don't identify with those groups and would not want to be part of that. But the style is changing and we'll see how this looks in a few years.
Re: Let the Incarcerated Vote
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why are you commenting with multiple very new accounts? https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=TakeMeTo38
What points to them being the same person?
