Well I said awhile back that when one of the guys kneeling said they needed a white guy to join in that I was hopeing and figured it would be Long.
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"I was inspired by a lot of the allies that were there to stand up against hate in my hometown, and I wasn't able to be there to protest or to stand up against hate. People like Heather Heyer gave their lives for that, and I was inspired by that," he said. "So it's just telling Malcolm, I am here for you, and I think it's a good time for people who look like me to be here for people fighting for equality."
This is a REALLY powerful statement when you break it down and the last part that I bolded is really just the flat out truth because this is entirely about what people look like.
Why are people hating on long? What am I missing here. Much respect to him
I agree, I'm amazed people dislike him for what he is doing.
He's a "useful idiot" for the narrative that America is racist, and that the hate and violence is from the right.
I think you are reading too much into it. But. Racism is still "alive and well" but I didn't get the sense that it stems from the "right" It stems from ignorant motherfuckers from all walks. And not just white people by the way.
He wasn't selective, he became inspired when it hit his town. Usually people have to be "moved" to act. Not many of us actually act without something being a trigger.
To put it simple terms, there are people that believe systemic racism is gone and there are people that do not.
I don't know anyone who believes racism is gone. How could anyone think that LOL.