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@NPR. Author of Differ We Must, a NY Times bestseller. https://t.co/l9DXNpdKdO

Sep 24, 2020, 9 tweets

In an election where so much debate centers on race, what are Black voters thinking? We listen in neighborhoods around Pittsburgh, PA: @MorningEdition @NPR npr.org/2020/09/24/915…

Writer Damon Young: “We talk about how black women, black voters, Latino voters will decide this election. No... If [Trump] wins again, it’s not because we didn’t come out. It’s because white people... ignored four years of evidence [of] Trump being an unrepentant racist.”

Signs of Pittsburgh: A Biden-Harris sign outside the home of playwright August Wilson....

In Braddock, PA, an industrial suburb, a business window has a poster with the image of Antwon Rose, shot by police. Directly across the street is a building with Trump-Pence signs and a sign in support of police.

From the same spot as the signs for Antoine Rose and the police, one sees this old advertisement.

Voting signs in eastern Pittsburgh:

And murals beneath an overpass in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood.

And a few more Pittsburgh signs and street art.

The full story, with images from @nsmallwoodphoto: npr.org/2020/09/24/915…

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