Restoring the Soul of America in the Wake of George Floyd's Murder
Race relations and racial conversations in the United States, at least by white people like me, are usually
overlooked, avoided or fraught with conflict. I think underneath all of it is fear. At least it was for me. So we either defend our positions, or try not to think about them and hope that nothing erupts. But now we are having a collective and heart wrenching experience of viewing up close and personal the tragic and sense-less death of George Floyd at the hands of a brutal police officer while three other officers watched. Eight minutes and forty-six seconds of terror as George Floyd’s breath was snuffed out of him. This is certainly not the first of these incidents but it is has captured the passion of the whole world and it compels us to respond.
Read the rest of the article here.
Race relations and racial conversations in the United States, at least by white people like me, are usually
overlooked, avoided or fraught with conflict. I think underneath all of it is fear. At least it was for me. So we either defend our positions, or try not to think about them and hope that nothing erupts. But now we are having a collective and heart wrenching experience of viewing up close and personal the tragic and sense-less death of George Floyd at the hands of a brutal police officer while three other officers watched. Eight minutes and forty-six seconds of terror as George Floyd’s breath was snuffed out of him. This is certainly not the first of these incidents but it is has captured the passion of the whole world and it compels us to respond.
Read the rest of the article here.