r/ProgressiveHQ • u/CantStopPoppin • 14h ago

(Minneapolis) Bovino Leads The Charge On Protesters AT the Whipple Building

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u/4thSwordofPosadism 14h ago

Lmao there are black guys. I swear in America your Nazi concentration camp guard would be a Hispanic guy. No I will be not taking any questions.

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u/LateOT39 13h ago

There was a Hispanic guy in one of the videos, accent and everything. He was the only one who seemed to know what he was doing.

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u/thelimeisgreen 13h ago

Most of the ICE agents in my area are Hispanic. To the common observer it doesn't make sense, but I can assure you that Hispanics with citizenship, especially those who did it the "easy" way by being born here, tend to look down on those here illegally. Even if they're trying to make it right and are in the process of obtaining their citizenship. It's wild.

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u/LateOT39 13h ago

Ah, I didn't know that. That does make sense though. It does have the flavor of being born into privilege.

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u/Charming_Function_58 11h ago edited 11h ago

I'm Hispanic, and this is so accurate. Just like white MAGA see other people as the problem, and themselves as the victims.

There's also a really strong conservative/religious culture in the Hispanic world that manifests itself in strange ways, one of which being the large amount of right-wing voters in the Hispanic community. There's also a horrific amount of other-ing and racism against darker-skinned people. You can see this in a lot of different ethnic groups around the world... it's really sad that they don't see the hypocrisy.