“We are now in a moment where people have no excuses to deny the injustice that's happening in the middle of a global pandemic. Things feel different this time because we were able to tap into a sense of our own agency, our own power and our genuine love for each other.”
Black Lives Matter Was Always Designed to Be a Global Movement, Vice] (7 July 2020)
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