Greta Thunberg Calls Black Lives Matter Protests A ‘Social Tipping Point’ GretaThunberg
to children impacted by COVID-19, explains that she believes the recent protests are a sign that things are changing in society and people are finally starting to confront the issue of racism head-on.
“It is always the fight for justice. It feels like we have passed some kind of social tipping point where people are starting to realize that we cannot keep looking away from these things,” Thunberg told thein an interview aired on Saturday morning. “We cannot keep sweeping these things under the carpet, these injustices.”
“People don’t want to hear me talk about this and people won’t be able to handle this so they are going to try to silence me and some people know no limits,” Thunberg continued. “They are trying to silence you for a reason and that reason is because you are too loud and if you are loud that means you are having a difference you are having an impact.”
“People are starting to find their voice, to sort of understand that they can actually have an impact,” she said.
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