• limelight79@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    In the US, every time I see any video of a truck crash, there are tons of racist comments about the driver of the truck, who can’t even be seen in most of the videos.

    Because, as everyone knows, no white guy has ever caused a truck crash. Ever.

    I assume the issue here is that they sit around all day listening to right wing radio.

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      16 hours ago

      Yep… Here in Australia, they call them all “Raj”.

      Not all of them, but, at least on Facebook, they seem to make us look bad internationally

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        12 hours ago

        Yeah, here, I see comments about their footwear or possibly wearing a turban. Oh and none of them can speak English. In fairness, English proficiency is a requirement to get a CDL (commercial driver’s license), and somehow some states did issue CDLs to people who were not proficient in English…but I seriously doubt it’s more than a tiny percentage of drivers that don’t meet the standard.