Oddbean

And before anyone says anything "Great replacement" adjacent... NYC already had the most migrant heavy workforce of any major city on earth. 44% of NYC employees were born in other countries. Almost half. Have you been to New York? Haven't you noticed that you can get great Shakshuka, Birria, Hummus, Tibs, Laksa, Biryani, Confit, Dim Sum, Pho, Shawarma, Jollof, Panang, All'Assessina, at like midnight, in any borough of the city? And yes, it's still one of the safest major cities. Relax.

I'm not a racist xenophobe. I like the global south. I love its people, their kindness and love for each other, and the rich tapestry of cultures.♥️ 🤔 But if I was a racist xenophobe, and I didn't want yucky Black and brown migrants coming here, then I would strongly consider *checks notes* NOT making the global south uninhabitable by human beings. I dunno, just a thought? Seems more practical than "Nah, ruin their climate! Then build a wall (fence) capable of blocking over a billion people!"

@af2dd916 I fear you're too charitable to racist xenophobes. Their desired outcome isn't to keep brown and black migrants out; it's for all the brown and black folks to mysteriously vanish, leaving that chunk of the world open for colonization by racist xenophobes who can pretend it was terra nullius all along.