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May 30, 2020

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Dear white people, here’s your chance to speak up about George Floyd

Start talking to your own relatives about racism, vote wisely

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Excuse me. I was naive. Back in March, I made an off-handed comment to a loved one about social isolation and coronavirus. I said something to the effect of, “The one upside of COVID-19 is at least it will get cops to stop harassing black folks…

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Shamontiel L. Vaughn

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Check out her 3 Medium pubs: I Do See Color, Tickled and We Need to Talk. (Doggone World and Homegrown are now on Substack.) Visit Shamontiel.com

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