ripples

“The ripples from this will be enormous,” Tony wrote to Claire.

The George Floyd protests put police reform on the agenda and served as a wake-up call about the raw, contemporary dangers of structural racism, but except for its transformation into a scary right-wing bedtime story about looters and out-of-control cities, it seems to have sunk back below the surface, leaving only a few cultural ripples behind.

That slowdown inevitably ripples through the companies that sell things like seeds and fertilizer and equipment.

And like ripples in a body of water, the damage caused to one species can spread to other forms of life.

It’s a legal battle that is set to send ripples through the American meat industry.