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Communities of color call reaction to chaos at U.S. Capitol a ‘double standard’
‘It’s clearly white privilege and white supremacy at its best’
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Images of rioters breaking down barriers, breeching building security and invading the Capitol can produce insurmountable opinion.
A challenge from some is to look at the group of mostly-white rioters and imagine if they were Black.
“That would have never been permitted if all of those folks were Black folks,” said Rev. Reginald A. Early, president of the Rockbridge County NAACP.
As dusk falls on 24 hours of confusion, chaos, and melee in our nation’s capital, some are left feeling that the images of throngs of people storming one of the most protected buildings portrays a double standard.