In Ferguson and Beyond, Ties Between Black and Arab Struggles for Justice Are Growing
Among the many lessons from the struggle in Ferguson is that ties between the Arab, especially Palestinian, community and the Black community both in Ferguson and nationally are growing.
Observers of the people’s uprising in Ferguson over the past several months since the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, by white police officer Darren Wilson may have been surprised to notice these links. Those who attended the #FergusonOctober events heard “Palestine” mentioned many times from the podium, and perhaps saw a contingent of dozens of young people—Arab, Black, and Latino—marching with signs and banners in Arabic and English, as well as the ubiquitous presence of the Palestinian flag held not only by Arabs but also by many African Americans.
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