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Allison Gaines

Sep 21, 2021

4 min read

BLACK LIVES MATTER

Give Me Your Poor Huddled Masses Doesn’t Apply To Black People

Border Patrol whipping Haitians on the border highlights a racist, broken immigration system

Photo Credit | Getty Images via NYT September 2021

The images of white Border Patrol agents using whips on Black Haitian refugees gives off slave catcher vibes. After all, American policing in the…

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