It's because when many white people say, "people" they mean "christian european humans."

You can hear it for example when they talk about "people of the time didn't realize x was bad."

UPDATE: Some good news. We now have the text and there appears to be an exemption for masks worn for public health purposes.

However this ban could still deter mask wearing generally, and will still result in profiling and surveillance of activists and communities of color.

it's been a while since I felt so desperate trying to discredit someone's (wrong) interpretation of my actions

the length of time that has passed (like 13+ yrs) since i watched inception is entirely unrelated to the amount of inception fic i read. like at this point i am more in tune with the widespread fic lore than I am what actually happens in the movie

on tuesday i made potato chowder at 5am