Where there are more BLM signs than Black people
3 min readOct 15, 2021
A few months ago, I went to Berkeley for a work event. I drove for hours between Los Angeles and Berkeley, through the Central Valley of California, an agricultural heartland, thinking about our relationship with the land, with food, and the relationship between urban and rural places.
While in Berkeley, I stayed in a cute airbnb space with big windows and minimalist decor. My…