How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement - Fredrik deBoer
How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement - Fredrik deBoer An eye-opening exploration of American policy reform, or lack thereof, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter…
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How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement - Fredrik deBoer
An eye-opening exploration of American policy reform, or lack thereof, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement and how the country can do better in the future.In 2020, while the Covid-19 pandemic raged, the United States was hit by a ripple of political discontent the likes of which had not been seen since the 1960s. The killing of George Floyd galvanized a nation already reeling from Covid and a toxic political cycle. The spark was the viral video of the horrific police murder of an unarmed Black man in Minneapolis.
Major corporations and large nonprofit groups--institutions that are usually resolutely apolitical--raced to join in. Tens of thousands poured into the streets to protest. The fervor for racial justice intersected with the already simmering demands for change from the #MeToo movement and for economic justice from Gen Z. The