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The sentiment was forcefully articulated in a widely distributed Tumblr post this week in which an unnamed, apparently African American poster wrote: Dear white protesters, this is NOT about you, and urged whites to hand over the bullhorn to a Black person (because your voice doesn’t need a bullhorn to be heard ...). And it erupted Tuesday on the steps of Old City Hall in Berkeley, when City Councilman Kriss Worthington, who is white, was repeatedly interrupted as he denounced aggressive police before a crowd of protesters. Let a black person talk! one yelled. We’ve heard from enough Caucasian men! yelled another. Worthington handed the mike over to Councilman Jesse Arreguin, who is Latino — and after similar heckling, the megaphone was passed to a black UC Berkeley student who was warmly welcomed.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 00:25:04 +0000

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