I reached out to Charlene A. Carruthers to unpack the tensions around race and allyship and understand why this current moment of rising resistance in America feels racially divided.
The No Kings and anti-ICE protests don’t feel Black or abolitionist
By Tiffany Walden
Published on January 18, 2026 Updated on January 19, 2026
Thousands of anti-ICE protesters marched downtown Chicago on June 10, 2025, in solidarity with the protesters in Los Angeles. Photo by Mateo Zapata for The TRiiBE®
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