The article link below gives a more complex picture: "Extinction Rebellion’s Long Overdue Reckoning With Race"Probably worth a read Jane as it seems to explain many of my observations.Considering it was published some time ago it doesn't appear that there has been much progress.It now appears that their defence for being a mainly white middle class group is that they are an mainly white middle class group and only they have the privileged power to use their arrest tactics which they themselves defined!It ignores the fact that the aims and not the tactics should be the driver. I guess demand 3 Decide Together didn't really mean together.Why the pause in direct action? And surely the bridge stunts must continue otherwise I guess ceasing such stunts may undermine the superiority of your protesting!I also note that the fourth demand has not been adopted by XR UK according to the XR website."XR discussions about adding a fourth demand regarding the intersection of anti-racism and climate activism gained a renewed urgency. Although the amendment, which was first added by XR US, has already been adopted by several local XR groups in the UK, the umbrella organization has yet to add it to its list.""As an ethnic minority within XR,” says Daze Aghaji, an XR spokesperson and former European Parliament candidate, “I never felt excluded, but I felt that, particularly at the beginning, there was a bit of ignorance. I don’t think it’s because people were racist, but they just didn’t understand how to address their own privilege"https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/extinction-rebellion-climate-race/
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