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Wash DC Blue
It is all such a complicated intertwined paradigm that it’s tough for me to get my head and my emotions around.
It struck me and shocked me 18 years ago when I moved here how there seemed to be more racial undertones than in the UK.
To just blame racist police and other institutions is massively oversimplifying things.
It’s how black people are perceived, still today....as too different and a threat by so many people and how how these perceptions must understandably perpetuate the feeling of disenfranchisement and resentment that needs addressing.
Relative financial inequality is also another big factor that contributes to the cycle of problems and lord knows how to tackle that?
One can only hope that this whole sorry situation is the catalyst for positive change.
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