⬆️ >> Yes! There's always that danger in a society so openly #racist. I am a PoC myself. That's why I linked to #CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe! #BlackMastodon
This is a #MoralMoment — #CoryBooker
We need a broad coalition with civic solidarity, not just solidarity within racial or other groups targeted by haters.
If #Trump and #Musk have riled up SO MANY AMERICANS in just the first 100 days, they've #AwakenedASleepingGiant ✊
⬆️ >>>> The protests were not perfect. Anecdotally and observationally, they were very #white—not exactly representative of the #Democratic coalition.
>> Might that be because #POC are more likely to be arrested than #white people during protests?
Yes! There's always that danger in a society so openly #racist.
I am a PoC myself. That's why I linked to #CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe! #BlackMastodon
⬆️ >> The protests were not perfect. Anecdotally and observationally, they were very #white—not exactly representative of the #Democratic coalition.
#Chicago has a significant population of #BlackPeople and other #POC. I took hundreds of pictures, some of which are in this thread ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/114288703437767643. It was obvious that #BlackAmerican community was underrepresented.
Also see #CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe!
⬆️ >> Contrary to dark right-wing fantasy, the protesters were there of their own volition — to defend American #democracy out of sense of #patriotism — not in fact because they were being paid by liberal billionaire George #Soros. Ironically, this false claim… been promoted by #Musk, the mega #billionaire who literally pays people to show up at his political rallies, where he sorta-randomly doles out million-dollar checks.
#CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe!
Ramesh #NotGoingBack