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2024-10-28 16:11:48 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 52CB6EDF5FFB35B401F3A3D1DAB796E41F508A4C80E9A546C0F01C6B3D5E8E3E
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Describing a floating garbage patch as Puerto Rico is not racist, it might insinuate it isn't a nice place but it is not racist. And it is known that Puerto Rico has been struggling for many years now because of too much rubbish being dumped there. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/14/570927809/after-maria-puerto-rico-struggles-under-the-weight-of-its-own-garbage https://www.wastedive.com/news/puerto-rico-landfills-epa-regan-doj-environmental-justice/635893/ https://www.waste360.com/landfill/puerto-rico-landfills-is-the-problem-around-capacity-or-noncompliance-
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