I know most of you follow me for R reasons, but I'd appreciate if you'd bear with me for a different kind of thread.
(It'll have a little bit of statistics, at least.)
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It's almost exactly halfway between LA and San Jose, along the coast.
The town has about 50,000 people, not counting the 20,000 students at Cal Poly.
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1. @Oprah once called SLO "the happiest city in America"
(oprah.com/own-oprahshow/…)
2. It regularly cracks the top tier for lists of the least affordable cities in the U.S.
(advisorsmith.com/data/most-and-…)
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Worth noting: San Luis is also 85% white, and only 0.6% Black.
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Despite the many wonderful things about SLO, it can be a hard place to live if you're not wealthy.
And it can be a REALLY hard place to live if you're not white.
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It wasn't the @CalPoly students, most of whom were gone from SLO for coronavirus reasons.
It wasn't the young working professionals like myself.
It was the local Black youth.
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Despite the police using tear gas on a small crowd in my poor sleepy town, for months the protests have remained nonviolent.
(mustangnews.net/second-day-of-…)
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(ksby.com/news/local-new…)
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She did not resist.
mustangnews.net/local-activist…
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SLO District Attorney @DanDow and the @slopdchief Deanna Cantrell have commented in support of these charges.
Tianna faces up to 15 years in prison.
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In @Oprah's Happiest Town in America, #BlacklivesStillMatter.
Please help us show up for Tianna, the way she has been showing up for us.
#FREETIANNA
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Support Race Matters SLO: racemattersslo.org
Please reply to this tweet if you know other good ways to help!
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