Protest demonstrations in the United States are mounting rapidly and, with them, the inability of central governance to find a way to pacify, manage or even dialogue with the square that is not the threat of intervention by the armed forces is coming to light . It is therefore logical that, given the extent of the protest, it is precisely one of the symbols of America's most progressive, the former President Barack Obama, to try to take the field to open a window of dialogue by giving voice to the moderates.
In a long text published in Medium, the former Potus stressed the importance of finding a way for the change that, under his mandate, he had shyly mentioned to present himself (Obama himself was President during a wave of protests born by the 17-year-old murderer Laquan McDonald by a policeman). A path that cannot pass only through protest without taking political and social activity into account.
"So: if we want to bring about real change, the choice is not between protests and politics. We must do both. We must mobilize to raise public awareness, and we must cast our vote to make sure we elect candidates who will work on the reforms. we ask. " Obama wrote pointing out his distancing from any violent or vandalistic act: "I saw an elderly black woman interviewed in tears because the only grocery store in her neighborhood was destroyed. If history teaches us anything, that store could take years to reopen. So we don't justify violence, we don't try to rationalize or participate in it. "
Obama's entire message, including the solutions proposed, has been translated from the Post to this address (https://www.ilpost.it/2020/06/01/barack-obama-george-floyd/) while the version in English can be found in the eight slides published by POTUS on his Instagram profile.
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