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by eesmith 751 days ago
And the California Genocide ...

And the confiscation of indigenous land and forced expulsion of those people ...

And state constitutions which prohibited Blacks from moving in ...

Institutionalized Jim Crow-era race-based restrictions, including Sundown Towns and redlining...

The forced expulsion of Chinese-Americans from Tacoma, by white supremacists including the mayor, judge and city councilors, which became the method used to further Chinese expulsion in the US West.

Oh, and the Japanese detainment camps in WWII ...

Nope, no history of oppressive governments in the US.