Dear Humans,

We’ve read about protests movements leading to social change in America. Abolitionism, women’s suffrage, and the Civil Rights movement existed because of Americans’ Constitutional right to speak freely, especially when we criticize the government.

But other countries don’t have that freedom. When people protest in some places, their speech is censored or banned. If you’ve been following the protests in China against the country’s zero-Covid policies, you’ve seen this. 

So instead of holding up signs with slogans that will only get censored or banned, Chinese protesters have begun holding up blank pieces of paper. And even though their signs say nothing at all, the fact that they’re gathered together and holding them up says a whole lot.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt