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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyregion/hasidic-yeshivas-schools-new-york.html
Holy shit.
So Hasidic schools in New York are collecting funds and exercising their religion. On the one hand it seems concerning, maybe things need to change but on the other hand this seems bigoted as all get out. They have been doing the same thing in Utah in some of their settlements , in Amish country and some rural places and collecting tons of federal and state money for YEARS. They even call it milking the beast.
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OK, the article was pay walled, so didn't read it.
Having grown up in the midwest, I recall it being a near-monthly tradition for assholes to spray paint swastikas & slurs on Yeshiva schools & the JCC; that shit costs money to remove.
Do Amish & other schools endure the same perpetual harassment? Asking, as I honestly don't know.
And FTR, having no kids, I have no real skin in the game, so to speak. @Render might have more recent info on the topic.
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@netspionage @Render Living where I have and do I can tell you absolutely that Amish face harassment and get the crap beat out of them occasionally. Less spray painting and more dangerous speeding by hiking and trying to startle their horses. 😢
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@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine @Render
I don't get up to PA much these days, though I know a few Dutch Amish in this area (and while I think the recidivism rate for Rumsprigga is fairly high, there *are* those who do leave, and I used to know some of them as well).
That's horrible that they face any sort of harassment. While I don't necessarily agree with their beliefs, they're a rather pacific group, and don't deserve that.
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@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine @Render
Oof:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/11/mennonites-peru-deforestation-permits