Lol I’m perpetually tickled at people being surprised by Black people taking racism personally. What did the British ever do to you is a wild question, like mfer I’m speaking English to you right now what the hell you think they did lol
Stereos. They used to have big cabinet sized sets with wood paneling and the two speakers that looked like they were stolen from a dance hall. We got an egg that’s recording our conversations for the police.
It's wild to watch cause people are acting as if we're not living through the reaction to the Floyd protests. They're passing more laws to continue targeting protesters right now! They're charging protesters with domestic terrorism right now! This is because of those protests!
When even Dave Chappelle — maybe the most popular comedian working today — can’t perform at a major venue because not everyone likes his jokes, something has gone wrong. 4/5
The issue is here when things get to burning, Black people are blamed and the specter of Black violence doesn't stir the same revolutionary fervor for the public the way the French protests seem to inspire.
If you're lamenting the lack of radical action in response to exploitive fiscal policy in the US, maybe we should look at the fact that the police have been given functional impunity for harming protesters with right-wing militias increasingly being deputized as well.