HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://qoto.org/@TruthSandwich" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TruthSandwich</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@Bugaboo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Bugaboo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@barney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>barney</span></a></span> </p><p>Yes, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JimCrowLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimCrowLaws</span></a> * were abolished in 1968, but in many regions "on paper," but not in the minds and hearts of a huge part of its citizens.<br>Nowadays, there is more finesse.<br>One of the best examples is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gerrymandering</span></a>.<br>And, of course, the not-on-paper <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultureWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWars</span></a> waged by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGATs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGATs</span></a>. The are scared sh*tless of becoming a minority, which is demographically inevitable.</p><p>*<br><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">history.com/topics/early-20th-</span><span class="invisible">century-us/jim-crow-laws</span></a></p>