As a Chinese American, I kinda have this self-imposed rule to never enter the boundaries of a red state, and even within Blue/Purple states, to avoid ending up in some rural town. Bascially, half of my country is inaccessible to me due to my perceived fear of potentially being a victim of racism.
Am I being paranoid?
This is a good point. However, a few percentage points is the difference between a immigrant / refugee just chilling in their house watching TV on their day off work, and being dragged into a plane and ending up in El Salvador.
Those few percentage points affect the politics. It affects how cops get hired. It affect how seriously misconduct is handled. I mean, maybe they won’t go to prison either way. But a blue city will at less fire them, a red town would just keep them on payroll and tell them to take a vacation. So eventually, the worst cops of the blue city eventually ends up in a red area, because of the even more relaxed regulations. And also the State Attorney General, District Attorneys, these are influenced by those few percentage points in voting.
So while, I get what you’rs saying. The people probably aren’t gonna bring pitchforks, but the politicians they elect surely is gonna apply the law unjustly.
At least, that’s my reasoning.