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As an armed militia took over federal buildings and property in Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and declared their willingness to “kill or be killed” on Saturday, one of the group’s best defenses has received little media coverage — their whiteness.
Indeed, the white skin of the armed men and women who’ve taken over the federal property serves as a powerful force field protecting them from the shoot-first, ask-questions-later style of law enforcement that permeates communities of color every day.
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