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RGV Protests In Solidarity With Black Lives Matter, Addresses Anti-Blackness In Latinx Community
Several hundred people braved the 94 Texas degree heat on Saturday — the majority in face masks — to protest racism and police brutality.
Megaphone in hand, Dr. Theresa Gatling stood in the bed of a red pick-up truck parked at the protest in Edinburg.
“Hi everybody,” Gatling said to a large diverse crowd gathered around her. “I’m so happy that we are all out here in support of Black Lives Matter.”
“I think a lot of the things that we’re seeing with (counter-protesters) is because of ignorance. It’s because they don’t know their African American fellow human beings.”
Read more: https://www.tpr.org/post/rgv-protests-solidarity-black-lives-matter-addresses-anti-blackness-latinx-community
