Where We Live Now
There is a protest happening on the street where I live, in Brooklyn, as I write this. Just as there have been protests daily for weeks here and in cities around the country and around the world. We’ve seen this before. Somewhere in the United States, the police murder a black person or another person of color with impunity. We demand justice and an end to the systemic racism that underlies the event and so many before it. Then, the tragedy repeats itself. But this time feels different. The outrage has led to calls, seemingly much more widespread than before, for municipalities to redistribute resources away from adversarial and violent policing and into efforts that benefit our communities. The rising tide of people demanding a fundamental reimagining of what it…
