As much as I don't agree with condemning the looting and "violence" in this moment, and I'm very aware that Taika's place (and also mine) is just to understand and help the people that are suffering and fighting for their rights and lives right now, there is a sad truth to the "blurring lines" he talks about. Not specifically about looting an Urban Outfitters, but lines are actually blurring. We have been seeing it these days, and it will keep happening more.
We have seen lots of videos blaming white people (some of them supossedly white supremacists) for starting riots to get the police working, more or less credible reports of undercover police starting things up, organised anarchist groups taking advantage of the situation to spread chaos... and at the same time we hear how all this is done by black people as part of their rightful fight. In some moments it gets straight up contradictory.
I see this is inevitable, because it happens everywhere around the world when this kind of mass protests occur, and in the end it doesn't matter much, because right now the rioting is needed for things to change. But I hope the communities are already starting to find ways to plan and redirect their actions in more specific ways, before it starts to lose focus and other people take advantage of it. Maybe it's already happening and I'm not aware of it, it's hard to keep up with everything happening and from where I am, so feel free to educate me.
Stay safe and stay strong people. I really have hope this will be able to change things and make lives better for black people in your country.
We have seen lots of videos blaming white people (some of them supossedly white supremacists) for starting riots to get the police working, more or less credible reports of undercover police starting things up, organised anarchist groups taking advantage of the situation to spread chaos... and at the same time we hear how all this is done by black people as part of their rightful fight. In some moments it gets straight up contradictory.
I see this is inevitable, because it happens everywhere around the world when this kind of mass protests occur, and in the end it doesn't matter much, because right now the rioting is needed for things to change. But I hope the communities are already starting to find ways to plan and redirect their actions in more specific ways, before it starts to lose focus and other people take advantage of it. Maybe it's already happening and I'm not aware of it, it's hard to keep up with everything happening and from where I am, so feel free to educate me.
Stay safe and stay strong people. I really have hope this will be able to change things and make lives better for black people in your country.