gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 年前Houston just started enforcing a decade-old ban on feeding the homeless. Volunteers are fighting back.ghostarchive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkHouston just started enforcing a decade-old ban on feeding the homeless. Volunteers are fighting back.ghostarchive.orggAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square20fedilinkfile-text
Original: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/housing/article/food-not-bombs-charitable-feeding-homeless-tickets-18108568.php
minus-squareeffingjoe@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 年前 But in an ongoing federal suit over the ordinance, the city said the ticketing was part of “Houston’s governmental obligations to ensure food safety.” This reminds me of the now-infamous Lee Atwater quote. (warning: racial slurs) It’s abstracting bigotry.
This reminds me of the now-infamous Lee Atwater quote. (warning: racial slurs) It’s abstracting bigotry.