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yuiyoshida

(41,835 posts) Wed Nov 16, 2016, 02:33 PM Nov 2016

Rep. Schiff on KCAL: Appointment of Steve Bannon to WH is Very Alarming

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Rep. Schiff on KCAL: Appointment of Steve Bannon to WH is Very Alarming (Original Post) yuiyoshida Nov 2016 OP

Hey, you guys, are we supposed to wear safety pins? raging moderate Nov 2016 #1

Here yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #2

Thank you so much! raging moderate Nov 2016 #3

raging moderate

(4,307 posts)

1. Hey, you guys, are we supposed to wear safety pins?

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Nov 16, 2016, 02:41 PM

Nov 2016

My husband said he read on the Internet that we should start wearing safety pins as a secret sign to Black and other minority people that we will help protect them from racist attacks by rightwing Trump supporters. I saw that item from the Southern Poverty Law Center suggesting that we go up to minority people under attack, pointedly ignoring the ranting racist, engage them in friendly conversation, and maybe walk them to a safe place. Is some group promulgating the safety pin sign? And what are the details on that? Does anybody know?

yuiyoshida

(41,835 posts)

2. Here

Reply to raging moderate (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 16, 2016, 02:58 PM

Nov 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/fashion/safety-pin-ally-activism.html?_r=0

raging moderate

(4,307 posts)

3. Thank you so much!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 16, 2016, 03:07 PM

Nov 2016

I am just not good at finding things on the Internet. I see now that there is a cautionary side to this. Not to elt it become a substitute for action.

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