If #DerekChauvin has seen further than others, it is by kneeling on the necks of ‘gentle giants’.

When the governing class is no less affected by hysteria than the masses - when in fact it is cowed by fear of their hysteria into proving just how hysterically it too can act - when outperforming the opposition in hysteria becomes a virtue - then you know you’re in a democracy.

Of all possible outcomes, the worst is that Biden as president succeed in defusing the culture war, depolarising and deradicalising politics. Yet this is what they will seek to do. They’re not stupid enough to escalate. They’ve had the fright of their fucking lives these 4 years.

Imagine the resources white people have poured into developing #anthonyjoshua’s boxing ability, enablimg him to become a millionaire. How successful a boxer would he have been in a black country ? Dependent on black trainers, resources, infrastructure ? Where’s the gratitude ?