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Jane DeNeefe

‘Clenched fists’ push the conversation forward

Say what you will about a “clenched fist,” but Curtiss Reed Jr.'s writings, like the disruption in Seattle, have boosted the signal of the issue of race in this country and have elevated the importance of this conversation far more than open hands have.

Ideas like “credit where credit is due” and “inexcusable disruption by the alleged BLM woman and her allies” and “these people” are driving any divide that might exist, because justice-loving Bernie Sanders supporters, like Sanders himself, recognize the importance of including dissenting black voices in any coalition that considers itself progressive.

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Courageous and touching

RE: “Remembering Kate” [Memoir, April 25]. A courageous and touching personal story, beautifully told. Thank you, Mary Ellen Copeland!

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