No, that’s literally the only one I left out because it’s too complicated to gloss over in passing.

But yes, if it were not complicated, if Japan had a culture of burying their dead in large cemeteries, Muslim communities would still have to found their own religious cemeteries, the host country isn’t going to prepare it for them ahead of time.

Lack of availability of halal food in Japan is not a “problem” to fix, they’ve eaten their food forever. Eventually as the communities that require halal food continue to grow, you’ll see more and more halal food.

Gender disparity is a problem that needs fixing.

You just haven’t been paying attention. Israel is a fascist ethno-supremacist state from its very founding as a settler-colonial project.

"It would be an excellent idea to call in respectable, accredited anti-Semites as liquidators of [Jewish] property. To the people they would vouch for the fact that we do not want to bring about the impoverishment of the countries we leave. The anti-Semites will become our most dependable friends, the anti-Semitic countries our allies.”

What? Migrant communities bring their food, culture, and religion with them, they don’t wait for the foreign country to set it up for them…

Manufacturing consent depends on presenting “worthy victims”. The distinction between American citizen or not is used to argue that citizens have nothing to worry about.

“You didn’t break any laws, you didn’t come here illegally, don’t worry this will never happen to you, as long as you stay in line and don’t make any sudden moves, we’ll do our job and get rid of the criminals”

So while it’s important to not pay into that, it’s important to highlight that it’s just as cruel to deport an a child undergoing cancer treatment because they are here illegally, it’s also super important to remind our fellow citizens who still haven’t fully opened their eyes: they’re doing it to citizens too, and this can in fact happen to you.

They won’t join us for the moral reason, but if they help us fight to save their own skin that’s better than being blind.

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Walmart is the only self checkout that constantly accuses me of stealing.

This is so stupid.

It’s a common phrase. It means knowing your enemy and standing up to them, it doesn’t mean literally punching people in the face. Though it can mean that, resistance comes in many forms.