The 21st century has been plagued with a series of unprecedented events since its start. However, nothing about current circumstances fit that description. From the stripping of civil rights to military occupation of cities, none of it is unheard of… especially in America.

The current administration has done everything in its power to alienate anyone who does not fit their “ideal America”. Many people have been comparing the present climate to that of Nazi Germany, but it is time that people reconcile that Nazi Germany was a mirror image of American atrocities. This goes unnoticed because those crimes were and still are being committed against black people.

Most recently, journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been arrested purely for exercising their first amendment rights. Protesters Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr. are some of the few that have lost their lives in the fight. The two former names have ignited a public outcry against the federal government’s actions in deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with the National Guard. This new wave of activists may be seen as an emergence of allyship, but much of it is insincere. The same people that are crying out have been silent when the victims were black and brown. Keith Porter has received little to no recognition, and it can’t help but seem like a double standard.