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#NotAllSaplings
Having someone who once called you heavily, heavily implied you were a racist for living in South St. Louis wig out because black folks in her town are suggesting the community has some race issues to deal with: weird as fuck.
That some of the issues in question are things this same person openly acknowledged - even brought up - in conversation a few years ago, before they got into politics: weirder still.
I'm glad the protests have left the suburbs and gone regional, because it's not a Ferguson issue or a City issue, but a regional issue. Maybe now the skittish white suburbanites can stop being so parochial and defensive, nitpicking about trees and ignoring the forest.
That some of the issues in question are things this same person openly acknowledged - even brought up - in conversation a few years ago, before they got into politics: weirder still.
I'm glad the protests have left the suburbs and gone regional, because it's not a Ferguson issue or a City issue, but a regional issue. Maybe now the skittish white suburbanites can stop being so parochial and defensive, nitpicking about trees and ignoring the forest.