If Black people aren’t marching, then what? Part One: Tamia Booker

By Myra Flynn

Published February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST

We’ve been looking around at national and local coverage of protests, marches, and rallies lately, and frankly — some folks seem to be missing in those spaces. Black folks.

While there isn’t any racial data published yet for 2026 protests, many reports from 2025 protests like Hands Off and No Kings described crowds that were mostly white and middle-aged..So, here on the show, we’ve launched a mini-series to ask: If some Black people aren’t out in these streets, what are we doing instead? This is Part One, and it includes a conversation with political consultant Tamia Booker. She believes we might just be hoping. Or praying.

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*“So even though we are not the target at this moment, we will still be a casualty of what's happening. If it's not safe for white people, it's absolutely not safe for us.” — Tamia Booker*

Tamia Booker has her finger on the pulse of all things Black and political. As a political consultant, she’s worked with some heavy hitters in the political landscape during some of the messiest, scariest and most dangerous times in their career.

Today on the show, a conversation with Tamia Booker— who shares the many layered reasons why she thinks Black folks are not in these streets right now, and how we’re turning inward for connection, community, and self-care.

“We're not in leadership in most things right now and look at where the country is.”

Tamia Booker

Credits

This episode was hosted and reported by executive producer, Myra Flynn and mixed by Sarah Baik. Our video director is Mike Dunn and Angela Evancie was our editor. Myra composed the theme music with other music by Blue Dot Sessions. Kyle Ambusk is the graphic artist behind this episode’s Homegoings portrait.

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