https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/opinion/george-floyd-protests.html
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It is the kind that makes a child think to write a parent’s phone number on their skin when they sense trouble brewing, just in case.
This is also violence.
Indeed, America is not only the progenitor of this type of violence, but it sadly responds most to violence. That’s when people pay attention, that’s when the ears perk up, that’s when the news crews come.
During the Civil Rights Movement, the protesters practiced nonviolence, but they were regularly met with violence, and it was that violence that spurred action.
How my heart sings 