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Things that are so obvious and ingrained that no one even thinks about them.

Here’s a few:

All US americans can go to Mexico EASILY. You’re supposed to have a passport but you don’t even need one (for car/foot crossing). Versus, it’s really hard for Mexicans, who aren’t wealthy, to secure a VISA to enter the US. I’m sure there are corollaries in other geo-regions.

Another one is wealthy countries having access to vaccines far ahead of “poor” countries.

In US, we might pay lip service to equal child-hood education but most of the funding pulls from local taxes so some kids might receive ~$10000 in spending while another receives $2000. I’m not looking it up at the moment, but I’m SURE there are strong racial stratas.

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[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 63 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Acting like the US is the only country with diversity and treating every other nationality in North America that isn't Canada like a race.

[–] soiejo@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some people realize that the US is very big and lots of people immigrated to it, so of course it's a very diverse place but can't apply the same logic to China, Russia, India or Brazil.

[–] timicin@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

to be fair, our education system teaches that everyone emigrated from those places; however, the one i can't understand or be fair about is canada.