{"id":4789,"date":"2020-06-20T10:12:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T14:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?p=4789"},"modified":"2020-06-20T10:12:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T14:12:56","slug":"protests-and-movements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?p=4789","title":{"rendered":"Protests and movements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Taylor Branch from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/17\/us\/george-floyd-protests.html\">yesterday&#8217;s paper<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA movement is different from a demonstration,\u201d said Taylor Branch, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/02\/05\/books\/review\/the-whirlwinds-of-revolt.html\">historian of the civil rights era<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not automatic \u2014 it\u2019s the opposite of automatic,\u201d he said, \u201cthat a demonstration in the street is going to lead to a movement that engages enough people, and has a clear enough goal that it has a chance to become institutionalized, like the Voting Rights Act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is Ibram Kendi from How to be antiracist: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-attachment-id=\"4790\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?attachment_id=4790\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_4042-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1009-scaled.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1009-scaled.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ibram X Kendi, <em>How to Be an Antiracist<\/em> (New York: One World Books, 2019), 215-216. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Branch from yesterday&#8217;s paper: \u201cA movement is different from a demonstration,\u201d said Taylor Branch, a&nbsp;historian of the civil rights era. \u201cIt\u2019s not automatic \u2014 it\u2019s the opposite of automatic,\u201d he said, \u201cthat a demonstration in the street is going to lead to a movement that engages enough people, and has a clear enough goal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?p=4789\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Protests and 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