He solicited the eager help of mostly white men with ties to white supremacy and patriarchy. 6, 2021, hearings and bear witness to how our imperfect democracy was almost overthrown, largely at the behest of a sitting president. The compounding injustices feel particularly dark. Then, we hear about the systemic racism and how not only did this community lose vital members but also this grocery store, turning the area into a food desert. That shooting occurred just after we witnessed a white supremacist kill Black people in their local grocery store. When we witness the horrific way that law enforcement devalued the lives of mostly Latinx children in Uvalde, Texas - not just standing by while a gunman took their lives but holding their parents back from trying to save them - the inhumanity feels particularly dark.
