🗣 DIVERSITY IS NOT SAMENESS.
“Remember when ‘Blue Lives Matter’ signs and banners first appeared on lawns, in business windows and as bumper stickers, as pushback against “Black Lives Matter” protests of police brutality? It was supposed to be a sign of support for officers. Well, now it seems to have been just what I thought it was: a way to silence those who protest against excessive force, while appearing not to be to racist.”
I understand that it’s funny that a fly landed on pence, but I implore you all to listen to what he’s saying: he claims that there is no implicit biases within the criminal justice system against POC in America.
The right not only does not care about the issues of mass incarceration, over policing, and police brutality, but they actively deny the existence of any such issues, especially in conjunction to racism.
Remember how that black girl was arrested for not doing her homework in the middle of a pandemic due to mental health issues?
New interview with John for GQ magazine.