Democrats in the United States Congress Take a Knee.

In observing the spontaneous outbursts against American racism, and local ethnic chauvinisms around the world. I am amazed. Though a friend just said don't be because it's a world wide experience now.
Recent years have seen the rise of nationalist parties movements, and governments around the world.
#45 is just the local manifestation.

Many reasons for this.
New technologies obliterating whole modes of employment...replacing these with nothing. The rise of an interconnected world.
This threatening primal nationalisms, and sparking hostile movements of hatred.

Simultaneous with that there was the good people of the world horrified at this. It took years, but now these are making themselves heard.

This awakening was perhaps bound to happen.
It just needed a trigger. This could have come in any of a hundred countries. Minnesota drew the short straw. That, and a routine American incident,...a white cop calmly murdering an unarmed restrained black man.
Ordinarily something for just a few news cycles of interest.

This time it set a world on fire.

Could this be a culture changing event?
Plagues change things. The trauma of COVID around the world, and specifically in the States with our now near 110,000 dead. This trauma is having an effect none expected. It is bringing the possibility of primal change.

These are far more interesting times than any of us could have imagined on New Years Day 2020. We find ourselves in historic times. Stay safe be kind be smart...stay home as much as you can. If you march,...social distance as best you can.

Bless you all.