With local elections upon us, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about the
uprising of 2020 — or more specifically, about the daytime marches during
the uprising of 2020.

People came out of the woodwork, both nationally and in the Seattle area,
and many of these marchers were out there for the first time — feeling
compelled for the first time to make a visible stand against racism and
police violence.

But now, when it comes time to vote based on these new values, the packed
streets look in retrospect like a mirage.

Were the marches really that meaningless? Was the anger really so
momentary?

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