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		bradleyjg on Aug 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gallup: 81% of Black Americans Want Police to Reta... It always annoys me when some random unelected, unselected person or people purport to speak on behalf of a community. Half the time the self appointed spokesperson isn’t even in the relevant community.

awakeasleep on Aug 26, 2020 | [–]

Or the “community” is a fiction itself.

yosito on Aug 26, 2020 | [–]

Which is why these polls are important ways to ask the community what it wants.

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