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Hey. Hi. Hi there white progressive friends.
You're going to get mad at me. I'm okay with that. But I value you guys enough to be honest with you...
You don't look woke when you try to defend looting. You look ridiculous, and even a little bit racist.
Let's talk about why.
You're going to get mad at me. I'm okay with that. But I value you guys enough to be honest with you...
You don't look woke when you try to defend looting. You look ridiculous, and even a little bit racist.
Let's talk about why.
First, realize that people of color own businesses that are being destroyed. Decades of careful investments and hard work from communities of color are going up in flames. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/minneapolis-protests-business-looting.html
I saw a video of a middle-aged black man today. He was openly weeping in the street because looters destroyed his business.
"I came from the ghetto."
His life also matters.
"I came from the ghetto."
His life also matters.
Another fact that needs to be openly condemned by all of you:
White people are taking advantage of the chaos against black bodies to loot businesses. In some cities and incidents, they are the primary groups who are engaging in this behavior.
Why are you defending them?
White people are taking advantage of the chaos against black bodies to loot businesses. In some cities and incidents, they are the primary groups who are engaging in this behavior.
Why are you defending them?
All weekend long, I've been hearing from so many people the same argument:
"You can't be surprised that looting happens when violence against black people is meet with silence. Looting is a form of retaliation."
"You can't be surprised that looting happens when violence against black people is meet with silence. Looting is a form of retaliation."
I'll be honest:
I have a hard enough time believing this is true when the innocent business owners being traumatized are black.
I have an even harder time believing it when the looters are white.
I have a hard enough time believing this is true when the innocent business owners being traumatized are black.
I have an even harder time believing it when the looters are white.
"They can remake money. George Floyd can't get his life back."
I can't even with this logic.
As long as no one dies, everything short of that is on the table because they can magically recover from it?
Who are you to decide what someone else can or can't recover from?
I can't even with this logic.
As long as no one dies, everything short of that is on the table because they can magically recover from it?
Who are you to decide what someone else can or can't recover from?
I want justice for George Floyd. I want the cops who murdered him and allowed him to be murdered to face prison time for what they did to him.
I also want justice for black business owners whose lives are in shambles right now.
I also want justice for black business owners whose lives are in shambles right now.
I don't have to choose. I can feel both of these things.
If that bothers you, then be bothered
If that bothers you, then be bothered
