The Los Angeles Report: Things are Getting Even Weirder
In Beverly Hills the struggle for racial justice has reached every breakable surface
The weekend family walk got funny pretty fast. It had been awhile since we had walked up Robertson and through the retail area of our L.A. neighborhood which is sandwiched between West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. All the stores have been closed for months during the lock down so there hasn’t been much reason to. Plus, I have developed some unique survival skills during the Great Sheltering. I can now brew my own coffee. I also have a basil plant that I have kept alive for at least two weeks. So basically we’re a self-sustaining unit now. But a lot has been happening out there and my son has taken way too well to his bubble, so it was time to get out there and see the world. The Social and Racial Justice protests had gone right by our street on that first weekend. The crowd was massive, organized, determined and peaceful. There were some targeted robberies around us but nothing like what happened farther east by Fairfax. Still there were signs of our changed world everywhere. By the time we got a few blocks the message was clear: We the merchants of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood know how to use a laser printer.
