this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
205 points (94.8% liked)

United States | News & Politics

3141 readers
650 users here now

Welcome to !usa@midwest.social, where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about the United States.

If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.

Rules

Be respectful and civil. No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.

Post anything related to the United States.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 months ago (20 children)

We elected a black man president in 2008

Sort of. It's not like we elected James Brown.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

Holy fuck. Centrists are so goddamned desperate to run with their "we have to shut out AOC because the US is racist (until she's no longer a threat to our hegemony)" narrative that they're pretending Obama isn't Black.

load more comments (7 replies)
load more comments (17 replies)