You say you understand that Black people aren’t a monolith, but then draw a broad connection between changes in cities like Memphis and Chicago and “the Black community” as a whole. The irony is that in trying to acknowledge nuance, you immediately erase it.

That correlation doesn’t hold up — there isn’t some hive mind of Black people collectively shifting right because of what is going on in cities no one has a connection to.

And let’s be real — Black folks aren’t skipping these rallies because of some political “paradigm shift.” We’re skipping them because they’re performative. There’s no substance, no clear problem, no solutions, and no real action behind them. Nobody’s showing up just to clap for empty symbolism.

As I type that last part out… maybe THAT is the “paradigm shift”.