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Collected Item: “When Restaurants Become the First Line of Support”

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When Restaurants Become the First Line of Support

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Editorial

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During the BLM protests this past summer, many restaurants supported the protestors by providing free food, and acknowledging that the damage to their property was less important than the damage being done to Black people by police. They also performed support tasks such as hosting makeshift medic tents for the protestors.

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#FoodisLife, #restaurant, #ASU, #HST485, #protest, #BLM, #blacklivesmatter, #support

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https://www.eater.com/2020/6/8/21284487/restaurants-supporting-protests-food-access

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Elazar Sontag

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2020-06-08
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