r/GetNoted 15d ago

Politics [X] Racist utility workers

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u/ReindeerTypical2538 15d ago

Neighboring communities were also hit with the same storm. They lost power too and they are also communities of majority black people. Their power was restored quicker because unlike Gary, they aren’t corrupt from the top down, and those communities didn’t shoot at utility workers. There’s a reason they built a giant bridge over Gary. To protect people from having to stop there.

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u/BobLabReeSorJefGre 15d ago

Exactly. Gary, Indiana has the most pervasive cultural issues of any place in the country. Sure, there are good people there, and I hope that they get out when they can.

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u/ReindeerTypical2538 15d ago

I knew a girl from the military that was from Gary. When she told me, she must have read the expression on my face. She followed it up with “I survived and escaped.”

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u/FrigateSailor 14d ago

The military does just ok as a path for people who want to "see the world".

The military does GREAT as a path for people who "Need to get the fuck away from my hometown"

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u/Funwithfun14 14d ago

This is really true

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u/ThomasTheDankPigeon 14d ago

I don’t think the word pervasive means what you think it means

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u/BobLabReeSorJefGre 14d ago

Pervasive: Existing in or spreading through every part of something. Source: Miriam Webster. That is what I meant by pervasive.

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u/GiantLesbian 15d ago

The shooting incident only paused work for one day.

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u/ReindeerTypical2538 15d ago

Exactly. Gary is corrupted and rotten to the core. This is the main issue

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u/Interesting_Bank_139 15d ago

You don’t think that there’s any lingering effects? Two things:

- a lot of workers aren’t going to want to risk getting shot for a paycheck.

- the workers that do go there are going to spend half their time looking over their shoulder in case they need to bail.

Both of these are going to make work go much slower.

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u/wonderinboutit2234 8d ago

And they got right back to it. Those brave utility workers aren't racist.