All movements can be co-opted – even #BlackLivesMatter
Yesterday, Glenn Beck led thousands of protesters in a march through Birmingham, Alabama. Multiple speakers invoked Martin Luther King Jr., and organizers distributed signs of Frederick Douglass for participants to carry. People of color (POC) sang in a choir at a rally the night before, and POC were positioned prominently in most publicity photos.
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