America is not broken. It is exposed.

[mia]

Amid a global pandemic, people all over the world have taken to the streets to proclaim that Black Lives Matter. The chain reaction set off by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis in late May isn’t just about that incident, of course. The video of his killing brought to light not only the long-standing problem of police brutality but the underlying inequality and racism that still afflicts the nation’s Black communities. This call to action has been met by protests in all 50 states as well as all over the world.

Here in Miami, largely peaceful protests have occurred almost every day for over three weeks, with no signs of abating. Activists have continued to march in neighborhoods throughout South Florida, occasionally clashing with police. But on a recent weekend, the clash in South Florida was not just between protesters and police. In a sign of the deep rift that has divided our country, our streets have seen marches both in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and in support of President Donald Trump and a counter-movement proclaiming that “All Lives Matter” and “Blue Lives Matter.” Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, joined hundreds of protesters in downtown Miami to demand racial equality, while nearby dozens of police supporters waved American flags and Trump 2020 signs, chanting, “We support the police!” at Bayfront Park in downtown.

Only steps away from where Miami Beach saw its biggest Black Lives Matter protest, one Miami theatre company is showing their solidarity with the movement: Miami New Drama is letting their marquee do the talking. Since becoming the resident theatre company of the Colony Theatre in 2016, Miami New Drama has used the historic theatre’s marquee to be a voice for the community actively responding to national and international crises....

In such a divided time, amid dueling protests and contrasting visions of our nation, Miami New Drama wants to make sure they have drawn the line in the sand quite clearly. They commit to do better because Black Lives Matter. This is just the beginning of an unfolding revolution. We all need to continue to use our voices to denounce injustices, whether it’s on a theatre marquee or in an online theatre article. If you ever wondered what you would have done during slavery, the Holocaust, or the Civil Rights Movement—you are doing it now.

https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/06/23/miami-new-dramas-marquee-marching-in-place-for-black-lives/?fbclid=IwAR32u0q9vzbBfmq_9K8MDghvZ5lean-_EokMFII4Xcta-0VyULq5TYJ5Hzk

[HotTeaBag]

1. Excellent way of putting it

but I think it's kinda both.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

The response to and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina exposed America too.

I hope we do better now. It feels different but I still can't shake my "We'll see" rumblings.

So many times things have happened that people could no longer ignore but they somehow did.

[Newest Reality]

3. To me...

To put it simply, we work for capitalism, capitalism does not work for us, but they have done a damn fine job convincing us it does and that it is the only viable economic system.

It is so ingrained, (especially after decades of huge amounts of propaganda dedicated to that) in the American mindset that nothing but subservience to a closed, gamed system that gushes money upwards seems possible. Any threats to the way capitalism has gamed the entire system are considered personal threats, even.

The exposure of the major flaws in a highly biased system posing as free markets and as a means of freedom for individuals is making this more clear and also proposing a question to all of us, asking us to rethink the insertion of this model into our culture and our minds.

Of course, those who suck gladly on the teat of that system are perfectly content with it and rally to support it at any cost. However, the increasing numbers of people who are getting shafted by the feces end of the stick and the minorities who are oppressed by it are not showing that kind of fealty to a gamed illusion that benefits the few.

Oh, it works well for those who own it all. Very well. Exceedingly well. It's billions and billions and billions of good for tiny chunk of humanity. The rest of us were used to make that and we are supposed to appreciate our crumbs and say thank you and you have my respect, madams and sirs.

[FM123]

4. Thank you Mia for posting this great article!

[mia]

5. You're welcome, FM123!

Glad that you liked it.

[Roland99]

6. "To the Greatest"

Wonderfully put!

[bdamomma]

7. we received a wound

and tRump is pouring salt in it, or killing us off.