The unfortunate thing is, while these predominantly privileged, elitist, college kids and other young people are throwing a celebration in which they literally put a value on a person without regard to their character, and by their own words have essentially opted to self-segregate - something I believe to be an insult to MLK, the Birmingham Bus Boycotts, and the whole civil rights movement. What may be even worse is that while some of these individuals lament about their oppression they face and seek comfort from the big scary world by surrounding themselves with those who look, thin, talk, and act exactly like them, other groups who risked their lives to pick up the trash after such an event and are grateful for the work, perform labor for wages that barely cover living expenses and likely provide less total value than what was received by many slaves. Moreover, slavery itself is still alive and well, and it's not in the form of a twitter user at Starbuck or a liberal arts major who was made to feel ashamed because they are continuing their education while white even though their only second generation American. Instead, slavery (as in involuntary forced work), is imposed on an individual by the state upon being convicted of a crime. They're stripped of their identity and given a 10 digit number, given a job, told what to do, when to do it, when to eat, where to sleep, and that's just a fraction of the rules imposed by the guards. The inmates have their own system. Bottom line, state property = slavery. I'm not arguing whether this is right or wrong, or whether certain criminals deserve harsh punishments, I'm just pointing out that there are actual slaves in America and the difference in ticket costs does nothing for them.
1) From my experience, Mexican's come to this country looking for work and are willing to do just about anything for next to nothing. They are extremely grateful for the work they get, often work at least 10 hours a day if not 12-14 or more, and aim to work six days a week. They are also very warm and hospitable people who, again, from my experience, raise their children with respect and values. However, they have almost no security, live week to week if not day to day, and are at the mercy of whatever contractor or landscaper is willing to take them on for a days work. Still, they are looked down on, spoken poorly of, and blamed for all sorts of problems. All I'm saying is, anyone who feels as though they are oppressed in America, live a week as a Mexican day laborer. That means 7 days, helping with the kids and the chores, walking miles to a bus stop and then to a Home Depot where you compete with a crowd of other desperate workers in the hopes of getting picked. As I mentioned, the Mexicans I'm referring to chose to come here and risked their lives and freedom to get here. But they are treated pretty shitty and haven't left yet. I guess it's all relative. If the "woke" crew and their members who find it appropriate to tax people on their skin color saw the horrors on the streets of Sinaloa, Juarez, and Tijuana, their whole perspective might shift.
2) the XIII Amendment guarantees that all citizens are entitled to equal protection of their life, property, and liberty, and that they can not be deprived these without due process of law. Hence, prisoners performing work and being assigned jobs without say, told when to eat, where to be, what to do, and receive around $6 a week in NY, about $50 a month in the fed system. Then there is Civil Asset Forfeiture which allows law enforcement to seize cash from an individual even if no arrest is made and there is no criminal charge. Sometimes, the amount is suspicious, like $350,000 cash (I still think it's unconstitutional but I acknowledge why it could cause some questions). Other times, it's trivial amounts like $600, or $185, or even $130. This is true, no arrest, no criminal charge, the officers just confiscated a few hundred dollars. Don't worry though, it went to a new TV and a Margarita machine for the station.