Tag: Authoritarianism

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Whoopi Goldberg corrected by Iranian dissidents following her claim that life for Black Americans is equivalent to living under Iranian autocracy

Iranian dissidents are scoffing at Whoopi Goldberg’s “offensive” assertion equating the experiences of Black Americans to life under Iran’s oppressive autocratic regime, calling the comparison both misguided and deeply insensitive.

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