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Entertainment helped me survive this year
Following the killing of George Floyd and the subsequent protests and rioting in La Mesa on May 30 and 31 events that took place in my neighborhood racial injustice weighed heavy on my mind. I started exploring to learn more about what democracy is supposed to be and how it operates in practice. One result of my research was discovering an online event followed by reading a book culminating in watching a documentary. This turned out to be the most critical entertainment combo that helped me survive the racial injustice/pandemic/election year that was 2020.
It began with attending the Brennan Center for Justice’s “Why Fixing Democracy Is Easier Than You Think,” an online conversation featuring author David Litt and Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama. I didn’t know who David Litt was or how democracy was tied to voter disenfranchisement, but, after reading about the June 2020 event in a Brennan Center new