The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America Holiday Romance I’d be a big dog

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The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America Holiday Romance I’d be a big dogA revelatory look at one of Americas most progressive citiesMinneapolisas journalist Justin Ellis returns to his hometown to grapple with the quiet history of white supremacy in the wake of George Floyds murder, uncover his familys story of surviving Minnesota nice, and revisit the city years later as state violence again forces the question of what a real reckoning looks like. Its the North, they like to say, not the Midwest. Its different.