Who do we show up for in the United States right now? The answer feels clear: we protect products over people. We no longer reliably honor our inalienable rights unless they come with a velvet rope and logo. It’s fun to window-shop on Rodeo, to marvel at beautiful things. But I feel the contrast tightening in my gut. Luxury is safe. A man is dead.
I keep circling the same question: who — or what — does America protect now? On Rodeo Drive, I saw a future America already here: wealth and access no longer concentrated in white hands. Those moving most easily through those luxury spaces were largely brown and Asian, a visible sign economic power's shifting.
In Minneapolis, I saw what happens when political power tries to claw back control over a country that no longer looks how it used to. Immigration raids and militarized enforcement aren’t just about borders. They're reasserting dominance over bodies that represent change.
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