I’m Not Racist, Just Concerned

From Epping to Facebook Groups, How Fear is Being Repackaged and Pointed Downwards and Never Up

Words Matter.

I’ve started numerous posts off with that two word sentence because it remains true. And currently, there’s a phrase that’s been doing a helluva lot of heavy lifting lately:

“Concerned Locals/Citizens/Communities/Residents.”

It’s varying combinations of these two words I’ve seen pop up everywhere - in reports about hotel protests, in Facebo…