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When it works — and it’s a big “when” — the two roles of activist and politician work in concert, a two-stroke engine of change.

Consider post 5 upthread: less than 10 years ago, the phrase “Black Lives Matter” was radioactive. Now we white people put it on lawn signs to show we’re the Good Ones. That shift has brought things into the realm of possibility for politicians that simply were not before — like, say, Keith Ellison getting convictions for the officers who murdered George Floyd.

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