Mastodawn

Historian here reactionary backlash succeeds only if we don’t fight against it, my takeaway for the present moment in this NYT article https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/george-floyd-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

5 Years After George Floyd’s Murder, the Backlash Takes Hold

The Black Lives Matter movement, kicked into high gear after Mr. Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020, has given way to the politics of “white grievance” championed by President Trump.

The New York Times