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In reply to the discussion: Officer Salamoni put his gun to Alton Sterling's head and said, "I'll kill you, bitch." [View all]DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)I think the Parkland kids are already making the link between out-of-control guns in the streets and out-of-control (and racist) cops. At the march and in many of the interviews that reached mainstream TV, I heard much talk about intersectionality of the issues. Progressives used to be so granular in their micro targetting of issues (i.e. "Don't water down your message!" ), but not these bright kids. They invited a diverse array of young speakers and it was so refreshing. MLK's grandaughter rocked the nearly 1 million demonstrators. She brought down the house (and the House).
I have great hope that this entire generation of millenials is linking African American persecution (and it's so heinous my gut gets in knots every time a see another report of police abuse and murder), with other issues like poverty, selective job placement, gun manufacturer profits, the NRA buying congress, belligerant male culture in the movies, lack of mental healthcare, all the way up to the overarching mega-problem: severe economic inequality across the board which affects and divides all men, women and ethnicities.