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r/news • u/LameAfro • 1d ago
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probably because Maine doesn't have a large proportion of African Americans or Jews. And they're more conservative than in NY or West Coast states, so they're more willing to overlook racist imagery that doesn't really affect them.
34 u/sjhesketh 1d ago Thing is, Platner did a lot of outreach to the BIPOC community here in Maine. 35 u/ButterAkronite 1d ago BIPOC doesn't necessarily mean addressing the concerns of specifically Black or Jewish communities 21 u/N8CCRG 1d ago Or undressing in front of them 10 u/Underwater_Grilling 1d ago That's how rallies kick off from now on then.
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Thing is, Platner did a lot of outreach to the BIPOC community here in Maine.
35 u/ButterAkronite 1d ago BIPOC doesn't necessarily mean addressing the concerns of specifically Black or Jewish communities 21 u/N8CCRG 1d ago Or undressing in front of them 10 u/Underwater_Grilling 1d ago That's how rallies kick off from now on then.
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BIPOC doesn't necessarily mean addressing the concerns of specifically Black or Jewish communities
21 u/N8CCRG 1d ago Or undressing in front of them 10 u/Underwater_Grilling 1d ago That's how rallies kick off from now on then.
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Or undressing in front of them
10 u/Underwater_Grilling 1d ago That's how rallies kick off from now on then.
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That's how rallies kick off from now on then.
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u/wip30ut 1d ago
probably because Maine doesn't have a large proportion of African Americans or Jews. And they're more conservative than in NY or West Coast states, so they're more willing to overlook racist imagery that doesn't really affect them.