This article, while informative, acts in some ways to reinforce divisions and support stereotypes. Using "black activist" Royal Harris' quote about "really white Portland" not being able to face reality is exactly the kind of generalization based on skin color that he's criticizing, as well as false and insulting for many of us. But even though he said it, it didn't have to be used in the article. And what does the fact that Montague is a "skinny white kid" or "nobody's idea of a militant activist" have to do with anything? Does his appearance or skin color or the fact that he lives what is an ordinary life mean he can't, shouldn't, or is somehow unlikely to care about unjust murders or say something? Or that Black Lives Matter activists are all militant simply because they oppose what is clearly wrong. Or that it's radical to do what's right? Too often the press, even in efforts to correct injustice, uses the same bullshit assumptions as what it criticizes, thus failing to help.