![]() ![]() ![]() Both narratives speak in extremes, and both place the other’s extreme rhetoric at the core of a worldview they see as oppositional. A counter-narrative would have us recognize the enormous amount of progress that has been made, and how that struggle has been near the center of public consciousness for a long time. One narrative would have us understand the oppression experienced by Black Americans, historic and modern. “Say, ain’t we walking down the same street togetherĪs the nation was erupting in violence this past summer, I attempted with my friends and colleagues to describe a paradox that, in my view, made it difficult for many to understand Black Lives Matter and the reaction to the killing of George Floyd. ![]() It disproportionately influenced the way I thought about Strong Towns in the very early days when I would refer to this tiny niche blog as a “movement,” as if saying it enough would make it so. It is a roadmap for despots and revolutionaries, an insight on both human goodness and evil. I have read The True Believer a number of times because it is a ridiculously powerful book. ![]()
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