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A digital, black-and-white image of a banner by Corie Mattie displayed during the All Black Lives Matter march in Hollywood, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. The image depicts the large white banner tethered to a chain link fence that forms a wall of a multi-storied, concrete parking garage. Painted, stenciled, large, black text across the front of the banner reads [RACISM IS A / PANDEMIC.]. On the left side of the banner, slightly over the letter “R” in [RACISM], is partially visible, reversed, upside down, white stenciled text that also reads [RACISM / IS A / PANDEMIC / #[LAHOPE?]DEALER]. On the right are two stenciled illustrations of doves in flight and above a black, hand painted initials and a black, stenciled hashtag in the bottom right corner that reads [CM #LAHOPEDEALER].

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