[scythe]

>Systemic racism is way bigger than just police killings.

A single protest movement isn't going to end systemic racism, no matter how large it becomes. Even revolutions don't end conservatism -- just ask Leon Trotsky.

However, the coronavirus epidemic is here today and it may well be gone in a year. This may be the worst possible time for a protest movement since the Spanish Flu.

[MickerNews]

Yes but you can't plan these things. So here we are...

[anewdirection]

Except you absolutely can. The black civil rights protests were planned months in advance, and almost always when schools where out.