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Collected Item: “Comparison/Contrast of Looter and Bankers”

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Comparison/Contrast of Looter and Bankers

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Political Cartoon

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When the early BLM protests during the pandemic led to some instances of looting we saw it on the news and the BLM movement was blamed. However, it is common for rich executives and bankers to get away with much larger crimes.
Picture depicts a young masked man stealing a TV, across the street from an older man wearing a suit leaving a bank stealing a large bag of money. The older man says to the younger man, "amateur".

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#ASU, #HST580, social justice, BLM, protest, looting, bankers, corruption, political cartoon

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Mike Thompson

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2020
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