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Losing Friends Over George Floyd — and Now, Jacob Blake
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Aug 27, 2020·1 min read

I lost friends throughout this too. We try to separate politics from friendships but when one friend feels ambivalent to the death of Black people, it becomes problematic to stay neutral.

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