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Occupy Wall Street and its offshoots have been catching flak for being so white. Occupy Atlanta is no exception, getting off to a rough start last Friday when civil rights movement hero-turned-Congressman John Lewis stopped by to offer his support, only to be waved off by the mostly white general assembly, which is the Occupy movement\u2019s collective decision-making group.<\/div>\n
Congressman Lewis was\u00a0extremely gracious<\/a>. Others,\u00a0less so<\/a>.<\/div>\n
In a town that is majority black, Occupy Atlanta moved quickly to make amends. The occupiers renamed their campsite Troy Davis Park on Sunday, in honor of what would have been Troy Davis\u2019s 43rd birthday. Theyapologized<\/a>, explaining that the democratic process of ordering speakers is crucial to the movement. They extended an invitation to John Lewis to return.<\/div>\n
Getting it right about race is important for the Occupy movement everywhere, but especially here in Georgia, where there is nothing subtle about the relationship between race, corporations and the government. Georgia\u2019s government was created by and for plantation farmers, the original 1 percent, running antebellum corporations. And that 1 percent has been using everything in its power, most notably the criminal justice system, to hold on to its centuries-old gains.<\/div>\n
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