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in case you think one person cant make a difference- chgo woman outing traitors. (Original Post) mopinko Jan 2021 OP
Amazing lady... Bluethroughu Jan 2021 #1
really good article, really good person stillcool Jan 2021 #2
Now this a worthy candidate for a Medal of Freedom. marble falls Jan 2021 #3

stillcool

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2. really good article, really good person
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:18 PM
Jan 2021

haven't read anything lately that reflects on the good that is in all of us. Just the opposite, and a lot of it.

Yanasak-Leszczynski said it is especially important to hold business owners and managers accountable because many employees rely on them for their livelihood. She said this is the first time she’s done something like this. She’s been supporting other activists because she says she wants to support Black activists.

She said she felt she needed to share this information using her own personal Twitter account. And since then she’s received death threats that are so severe she had to leave her apartment.

Yanasak-Leszczynski said she’s taking a break from social media but pledged to continue outing insurgents.

“I’m scared,” she said, adding that as a college-educated white woman she has resources to take care of herself.

“I rather have a target on my back than someone else, honestly. I’m in a better position. I’m privileged I had somewhere else to go so I’m grateful for that.”

María Inés Zamudio is a reporter for WBEZ’s Race, Class and Communities desk. Follow her @mizamudio.
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