Not even his pained and muffled pleading; “I can’t breathe” could induce a respite from the officers who wanted him dead. Floyd’s murder provides an auspicious moment to revisit the underlining causes of this trail of bloodletting against African-Americans. The fact that African-Americans are descendants of enslaved blacks serves for the White a pedestal of the assertion of a superior complex. As Bush noted, racial unity has always been the greatest challenge for America, it is divisive and has always split American society. And in the black community, unity of purpose is required.

Source: The Guardian June 08, 2020 03:16 UTC