Nowhere in the Twitter post does NG say that fireworks displays are racist. The “racist” tag has been added by others reacting to the comment that “vulnerable people and communities of color are disproportionately exposed to pollution from fireworks celebrations.” Is that a racist comment? Some people think so. I do not. If fireworks displays were only held in those communities time after time and the effects showed up as negative, then maybe one could say “racism”. That, however, is not the case. Any fireworks display that I have ever seen has been in an accessible area open to the publc. Is there smoke, yes. The vast amount of it is hundreds of feet up in the air, soon neutralized by the air.
Too many people nowadays are looking for things to complain about , looking for a place to point their fingers. Note that the quoted comment mentions two groups……vulnerable people is the other group. I did not read any comments about that group.
