When I read the Globe & Mail comments section I always leave chuckling about all those people who insist "It's not about race." All I have to do is look where the fires are burning in the world to conclude it IS about race and always HAS been about race. Black people protesting de-legitimizes the American state. If Black people are right, then those in power seem to believe that it means White people are wrong. Obviously this is a false dichotomy, but the American state has continued to refuse to replace this narrative with a narrative of equality.