News out of Asia is insane today. 🇵🇭 36 years after People Power in the Philippines, the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos is set to be the next president. Yet it's people power in 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka as PM Rajapaksa steps down and they've literally burned his house down. 🔥
I want to reiterate: this carnage and violence you see is the fault of the Rajapaksas. For months now protestors did everything in their power to keep things peaceful. Their demands were ignored. 1/
If you watched videos of looting and felt anger or frustration towards the black community members who were involved, I really hope you’ll watch this video of
@Trevornoah, ever-articulate on issues of race in society. https://t.co/hp9m6lzU5r