• @ki77erb@lemmy.world
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          291 year ago

          Who’s is making assumptions? There are 3 representatives. 2 of them are black and 1 was white. The 2 black men were expelled and the white woman was not. Those are facts not assumptions.

          From the article: “Ultimately, Johnson, who is white, narrowly avoided expulsion while Pearson and Jones were booted by the predominantly white GOP caucus.”

          • @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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            191 year ago

            Further (emphasis mine):

            House Republican leaders have repeatedly denied that race was a factor in the expulsion hearings. Democrats have disagreed, with Johnson countering that the only reason that she wasn’t expelled was due to her being white.

          • @SamboT@lemm.ee
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            -91 year ago

            Yes that is surely what happened. But I’m talking about pretending to know the details about why she was not expelled. It certainly could be based on race.

            It’s okay to not know.

            • Flying Squid
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              31 year ago

              Have you ever even been to Tennessee? Or the South at all?

              Racism is the answer in these situations. It’s always the answer.