@futurebird Yes. Our smaller event was fascinating. We're a Big University Town(s) in the middle of the prairie. Very Locally Blue. Several thousand people there (a friend did an actual attempt at crowd estimation) and I saw maybe a dozen Black folks who were prob'ly connected to the U. They were more likely to be attired according to the "it might get ugly" directions. Yes, it was mostly privileged people there. GOOD!!!!! including signage about that. We had at least a dozen inflatables; 3 dinosaurs and a pink pony and a chicken .... and a BUNCH of cow costumes. IT IS THE PRAIRIE LOTS of hand made creative signs. (Hmmm. Does that mean -- I think it does -- that there were sign making parties? ) I wore a bright poncho from El Salvador that had been given to Padre Tomas on one of his many visits there (pastor at my church 'til they made him retire for being too ... much like Jesus... ) I got to tell a person or two about it/him and carrying their messages forward. I chatted w/ a perosn who said this was their first protest here; they had gone to theones in Chicago. "How do they compare?" Oh, they are so intense!!! The energy is amazing .... BUT they were really glad to be at this one AND to see they weren't alone --> LOTS of people were out here, all age ranges, etc. A small percentage of folks were there in black, blending in. I simply didn't want to be my Famous Local Character self there. Time to wind down