Song of the Week - "DWB"

Song of the Week - "DWB"
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My wife Melanie and I went to the Netroots Nation conference in Phoenix a year ago. We attended a town hall with Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders that was interrupted by Black Lives Matter protesters. Martin O’Malley was struck dumb. He stood expressionless for many long minutes before flumping in a chair and lamely offering the bromide, “ALL lives matter” as if he’d just thought of it. Bernie did only a little better, wagging his finger at the BLM group saying, “I came to speak, and I will address your concerns if I’m given the chance. If not, I can leave.”


I’m a life-long white person, and I’ve wondered how best to express my outrage, my grief at the black lives lost to Racism. This Song of the Week is an attempt.

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