[alukima]

As someone who used to ride one of those buses I was understandably annoyed and confused as to why people thought attacking the buses would help housing prices.

Then I spent six weeks abroad with people from all over North and South America. They knew about the protests and thought that the point was raising awareness about growing income inequality. They were totally right. Upon returning home and making an effort to meet some of the organizations that are involved with the protests they explained that while some media outlets and groups who have co-opted their movements are hateful towards new comers, the initial point was to raise awareness about issues.