Fwey@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · edit-217 hours agoLeaked webinar reveals Flock employees teaching police how to surveil anti-Trump No Kings protestors and track their carscdn.imgchest.comvideomessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1620
arrow-up1620videoLeaked webinar reveals Flock employees teaching police how to surveil anti-Trump No Kings protestors and track their carscdn.imgchest.comFwey@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · edit-217 hours agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 hours agoHow was it racist? The language seems pretty banal
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-210 hours agoracism is not about the language itself. it’s about as she herself said “who is running this car show, so we will keep an eye on it”. it’s panopticon-enabled racial profiling.
minus-squareDaleGribble88@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 hours agoMaybe I’m missing something obvious here, but why would you interpret “because of who is running it” as a racist dog whistle?
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 hours agowho would be the first kind of person to be the “suspicious guy running around”, as opposed to a regular guy? why would they need that distinction in the first place when it’s just a so-called “car show”?
How was it racist? The language seems pretty banal
racism is not about the language itself. it’s about as she herself said “who is running this car show, so we will keep an eye on it”. it’s panopticon-enabled racial profiling.
Maybe I’m missing something obvious here, but why would you interpret “because of who is running it” as a racist dog whistle?
who would be the first kind of person to be the “suspicious guy running around”, as opposed to a regular guy?
why would they need that distinction in the first place when it’s just a so-called “car show”?