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[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

There's a reason they're so threatened by words like equity and inclusion. When the culture of your ancestors was based on exclusionary hierarchies it can be very hard to embrace all people as equal, even if that is a fabled part of the American ethos (on paper, not in practice).