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Fateh was born in Washington, D.C., and is the son of immigrants from Somalia. He graduated from Falls Church High School and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from George Mason University.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Fateh

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

He looks like an absolute badass

They really chose the worst photo to make him look bad.

Fateh's higher education bill included tuition-free public colleges and universities and tribal colleges for students from families whose income is less than $80,000 a year.[18] It also included an increase to Hunger Free Campus grants,[19]emergency assistance grants.[20]

Fateh was the chief Senate author of a bill to provide minimum wages and worker protections for drivers for rideshare companies such as Uberand Lyft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Fateh

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Damn, he’s a good lookin dude in your picture, he looks insane in OP’s post!

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OP's post image is probably a still image from a video of him ripping someone a new one in committee.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

In the age of HD video, it is remarkably easy to catch a single frame of someone looking ridiculous.

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's intentional, I think there was a name for it that I've long since forgotten

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I was going to say that, in their photo he looks like a thug or gang member, in your's he looks fantastic

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

he looks like a thug or gang member,

My man looks like a nerd at his first high school debate. Where do you get gang member of a skinny guy in a suit?

[–] Xenny@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Please step back and analyze your biases to figure out why his image fits those stereotypes in your mind.

[–] wetsoggybread@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Smiling in the good picture, frowning in the bad one

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 year ago

Please step back and analyze your need to call out people based on incomplete information to figure out why you couldn't just ask for more info like the other comments in the thread.

This is my reason why I thought the first photo made him look like a thug.

When I first saw the photo I thought he looked very similar to the "I am the captain now" guy. That was my initial reaction, now obviously the more you study the images the more differences you find, so after a while you realize they a quite different.

[–] ProIsh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

fr, the original photo he's wearing a suit and tie and sitting at a desk. There's nothing there making him look like a "thug or gang member" beyond his race.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you outline what specifically makes you think he looks like a thug or gang member in that photo?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the first photo he looked similar to other thugs and gang members that I have seen in the media, though I mostly thought of the "I'm the captain now" meme

[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

You dodged the question

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago

Look who loves democracy until it works.

Someone needs to push back against this and say, "We want this! We asked for it, by name!" Like your lame ass party and the other lame ass party don't fucking do shit so we started looking for people that will do shit. Guess what, we found them. Grow up and accept that if you do unpopular things, you will become unpopular.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Wow, yeah “Kate” you are onto something. There is something fishy going on here. He is… (reads about him for 10 seconds) very black indeed. Of course.

Fucking people.

Signed, white guy with way too many relatives who would agree with smiling racist lady.

[–] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Look at me, I am the mayor now

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

And by "born" we mean white.

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

So she means the Native Americans.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Politics aside, he looks like he wants to do experiments on anthropomorphic bandicoots.

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

We need to leave racism in the past and move forward - together - as a nation that roasts people purely on how much they look like video game villains