Priorities.

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15. I agree it needs to be a priority

But the passion is there for many people who stand with POC and BLM. The problem is there are a lot of haters who don't. You won't see the haters on the Cecil issue because nobody in their right mind is going to speak up and defend the damned Dentist. There are too few people who would protect him and they don't have the courage. So, of course, you are not seeing the same level of compassion, but it is certainly there for many of us...especially here on DU.

Even if this is made a priority, it takes time to change systems and it takes cooperation and it will have all those haters out there trying to block it, so while I agree it needs to happen now, I wish I could see it happening overnight. I don't. We just have to keep fighting and stay in their faces, everywhere. The more we stand strong and bring in new people to stand with us, the sooner that change will happen. But racism is something it takes generations to breed out. And there are places where the politicians are not going to stand and fight with us, because they are racist too. So it will take longer in some places than others.

I wish it weren't so.

And I agree a lot of people here need to learn how to listen better, including me. And on the campaign trails.