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Ramesh #NotGoingBack⬆️ >> Yes! There's always that danger in a society so openly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racist</a>. I am a PoC myself. That's why I linked to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivicSolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicSolidarity</a> — <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cops</a> kept <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protesters</a> safe! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a>This is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoralMoment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoralMoment</a> — <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoryBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryBooker</a>We need a broad coalition with civic solidarity, not just solidarity within racial or other groups targeted by haters.If <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> have riled up SO MANY AMERICANS in just the first 100 days, they've <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AwakenedASleepingGiant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AwakenedASleepingGiant</a> ✊<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Babcia54" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Babcia54</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@tianacutright" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tianacutright</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ienvision" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ienvision</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RealJournalism</a>

Ramesh #NotGoingBack⬆️ >>>> The protests were not perfect. Anecdotally and observationally, they were very <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/white" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#white</a>—not exactly representative of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democratic</a> coalition. >> Might that be because <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/POC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#POC</a> are more likely to be arrested than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/white" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#white</a> people during protests? Yes! There's always that danger in a society so openly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racist</a>. I am a PoC myself. That's why I linked to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivicSolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicSolidarity</a> — <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cops</a> kept <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protesters</a> safe! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Babcia54" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Babcia54</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@tianacutright" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tianacutright</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ienvision" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ienvision</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RealJournalism</a><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-protests-democracy-hands-off-indivisible-1235312482/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-protests-democracy-hands-off-indivisible-1235312482/</a>

Ramesh #NotGoingBack⬆️ >> The protests were not perfect. Anecdotally and observationally, they were very <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/white" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#white</a>—not exactly representative of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democratic</a> coalition. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chicago</a> has a significant population of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackPeople</a> and other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/POC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#POC</a>. I took hundreds of pictures, some of which are in this thread ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/114288703437767643" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/114288703437767643</a>. It was obvious that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackAmerican</a> community was underrepresented. Also see <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivicSolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicSolidarity</a> — <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cops</a> kept <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protesters</a> safe!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@tianacutright" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tianacutright</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ienvision" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ienvision</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RealJournalism</a>

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