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This is racist as fuck, incidentally.
The folks who have a hard time getting Real ID from their state are the usual people that our overlords like to oppress, as an example to the rest of us to keep us in line.
What?
ID for flying is racist?
How?
Because it isn't about having an ID, it's about having that specific, fairly onerous to get, ID. Im white. and its going to be a nightmare for me to get one because my birth certificate is basically a paper saying that I don't have one. I used to be able to fly with my drivers license, which takes about an hour to get a replacement of (and no guff about documentation, any old ID and social is enough).
Hasn't like every state over the last 10 years started integrating Real ID into their drivers licenses? Unless you are traveling with an expired, or very close to expired, license; you should already have Real ID.
Yeah... Looks like you forget that there are about 10 states that might as well exist in the 1800s technologically. I live in one of them. We wont see REAL ID implemented on a state level for a couple of decades if digital signatures are anything to go by.
As of September 2020, all states and DC are REAL ID compliant, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
So getting an ID is hard
How is that racist
Never been at the license desk at the same time as one white and one non-white person? The difference is very noticeable.
In the case I recall most clearly, the tears and obvious fear of lost livelihood were stark.
The effect is racist, but the root intent is class warfare. The goal of many state level decision makers is ensuring poor people stay scared and too busy to unionize against the capital owners who finance the decision makers' campaigns.
Must be a US problen since I'm black and I have 0 issues getting ID or passport
Of course, all Europeans/everyone else just have passports.
America just haven't figured out that system yet.
This is a thread discussing a rule concerning the US.
If you live in another country, your experience regarding getting an ID is entirely irrelevant to this thread.
Yes. It is a US problem. US state agencies have been racist (as a way to hide being in open class warfare against the poor) from their inception. The country was built on invasion and slavery, and grew more progressive about human rights over time.
The US has been in a "pretend we fixed it all so we don't have to fix anything further" phase for decades now.
The current (class warfare strategy) is passing harsh laws that are difficult (occasionally impossible) to comply with, and then selectively enforcing them using skin color and wealth.
Do you not have a passport?
Most Americans don't
How much do you think a passport costs?