I know many are responding with "Yes We Can".

But really, 8 yrs ago Black Lives Matter was a controversial. slogan. And now even many conservatives say it.

Activists shift culture. Politicians may opine but not dictate activism. JFK & LBJ were pushed by civil rights activists. https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1333922606014214147
For the first time this year, we actually saw Democrats as a whole put together some comprehensive criminal justice reform legislation, was it perfect? Nope. But was it the first time they tried in like a while? YES. And that's due to activists
Everyone has a role to play in this work. And politicians should continue to use the opportunity of the Overton window shifting (as the academics say) thanks in part to activists to see what kind of envelope they can push on policy/legislation.
But publicly lecturing the very folks who mobilized a lot of people for your electoral wins (and I don't mean just Obama) isn't it either...
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