In his book Influence, author Robert Cialdini wrote that “When opportunities become scarce, we desire them more. This is why revolutions tend to happen when living conditions deteriorate sharply rather than when they are consistently low.”
And when people gather in the streets to collectively say “Enough is enough!” they are met with la fuerza de choque–police units that are notorious for using aggressive tactics that are violent, humiliating and totally unnecessary. This is salt in a very raw wound. The police response in Puerto Rico shows that “whiteness” comes in all colors.
UC Berkeley professor john a. powell defines “whiteness” as a middle stratum that identifies with the elites and polices non-whites.
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