Police are using anti-Asian violence as justification for increased policing, which they will in turn use to lobby for more resources. Cops uphold the same white supremacy that emboldened that Atlanta murderer, so NO we do NOT want this type of response.
NBC News: Out of an abundance of caution the NYPD has deployed Critical Response Command (CRC) units to Asian communities citywide following a series of shooting incidents in Atlanta which could have been directed toward the Asian community.
watching a famously anti-fascist environmentalist creator’s artstyle co-opted to sanction literal fascist propaganda…it’s a pure distillation of evil perverting good. I am full of rage
Protests should be 5% or less of your organizing agenda. Their sole utility is to be a recruiting ground and offer political education through speeches. That kind of civil disobedience doesn’t win demands the way picket lines or eviction blockades do. The rest of your…
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Do you understand how wild it is that people are breaking down the symbolism in Kendrick’s performance while a Black man literally got arrested for unfurling Palestine’s and Sudan’s flag during it?!
The display of solidarity was clearly the more powerful piece of art!
"Too loud, too reckless, too ghetto"
"Uncle Sam" representing those who tell the Black community how to behave. The dancers forming a disconnected American flag.
The imagery. The cultural significance & relevance. An absolute work of art here.
Kendrick Lamar, man.
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