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SOLIDARITY

To say I felt out of place at the protest would be an understatement. I’m very white.

I work in transport policy and have been known to spend over thirty pounds on a fleece.

Luckily, social distancing meant I could ignore the people trying to dance with me.

I would swiftly turn my head as if someone had called my name. Of course they hadn’t.

I went to the protest because Kalisa didn’t. She’s been demonstrating for fifteen years and she’s tired. I asked her to show me some of

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