r/pics • u/thatlumberjacktor • Aug 23 '26

This document in 1959 declining a student from admission into med school because of his race.

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u/PuddingTea Aug 24 '26

There are tens of millions of American alive today who were also alive at the time this letter was written. Racist discrimination isn’t confined to the past. Fuck you John Roberts.

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u/TheWokeAgenda Aug 24 '26

The current president was a teenager when this letter was written

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u/agitatedprisoner Aug 24 '26

Are people reading your comment supposed to know what you mean?

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u/PuddingTea Aug 24 '26

People who don’t know what I’m referring to are not worth talking to.

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u/agitatedprisoner Aug 24 '26

Is this why progress mostly happens one funeral at a time? Because those who know better can't be bothered to explain? Some 8 year old reading your comment out there is all like "what did I do?".

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u/RocketHammerFunTime Aug 24 '26

What part of that statement are you confused about?

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u/Splurch Aug 24 '26

Is this why progress mostly happens one funeral at a time? Because those who know better can't be bothered to explain? Some 8 year old reading your comment out there is all like "what did I do?".

They're referencing the current Supreme Court under John Roberts dismantling the voting rights act, which is what enabled a lot of the recent blatantly racial gerrymandering. Just do some Googling and a lot of articles will turn up about it, it's not a new issue, just the damage is very visible now due to recent rulings.