For years, conservatives on the court have claimed to be “colorblind.” Yet when it comes to criminalizing our communities, suddenly race matters. This is the contradiction at the heart of the Roberts Court: no race in college admissions, but race is admissible in immigration stops.
My inability to tan is no longer a laughing joke.
I’m privileged to be a wasp, but more specifically, I literally cannot tan. I’m not albino. I’m just pale. now have a privilege that not even everyone in my family has.
My dad is a wasp, but tans really easy. In Missouri and Indiana, he’s been profiled already like this. Over a decade ago too. Black hair, tan skin. That’s it. That’s all that does it.
There’s a very disturbing plan here. It makes the Nazi racial policies seem tame.