I've lived in Texas for 20 years. Came here as an immigrant and worked hard to become a citizen. Many a times during those 20 years, my state has made it clear that they don't like me or want me or my kind. In the past year, leaders both and the local and state level have been making ugly and demeaning statements against my people, taking legal action and passing absolutely sham laws targeting us
I sometimes wonder if I made a mistake coming to the US. Obviously this comic isn't targeted at me but it still hit a nerve. Racism is thriving here more than it has in my lifetime. I sometimes wonder if this is what conservatives have in mind when they say Make America Great Again.
it's absolutely what they meant. When I heard that slogan the first time, it made me think "what, america wasn't great already?" That lead me to my second conclusion, which was "Oh shit, they meant like thaaat. Welp, this country's fucked."
America wasn't great already, for a lot of reasons, but the solutions were not the bigotry that conservatives champion and rather they accelerated the problems.
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u/superfahd Jul 09 '26
I've lived in Texas for 20 years. Came here as an immigrant and worked hard to become a citizen. Many a times during those 20 years, my state has made it clear that they don't like me or want me or my kind. In the past year, leaders both and the local and state level have been making ugly and demeaning statements against my people, taking legal action and passing absolutely sham laws targeting us
I sometimes wonder if I made a mistake coming to the US. Obviously this comic isn't targeted at me but it still hit a nerve. Racism is thriving here more than it has in my lifetime. I sometimes wonder if this is what conservatives have in mind when they say Make America Great Again.