Translation: “A black man is familiar with freedom in America. Here it is, uncle Tom’s cabin.”

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Same, except I am in the US. I suspect this is highly stratified by class, such that either nobody you know has been arrested or everybody you know has been arrested.

    • Yeah. I’ve (unfortunately) been in the US for the last few years. I’m at an university though, so most of my American peers come from a fairy rich (and mostly white) background. None of them have ever been arrested.

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      15 hours ago

      White male who grew up in Idaho here.

      I have been arrested on several occasions and so have a number of my friends.

      I would not consider myself poor or lower class either. Id assume your theory holds some weight, but I’d also assume it follows a lot of trends we wouldn’t expect as well.