βI need you to understand what this
country feels like right now to those of
us who look different, because only
then might you glean what those flags
going up signify to someone like me.
βThey are a preemptive claim over
contested space. They say "we own this
street - not you". They are a marking of
territory. They do not unite, they
exclude - a visual reminder that I am
not welcome.β
Alex Andreou, actor, political commentator and host of the Quiet Riot