RACISM-19: Our other pandemic

By Brittany Talissa King

The world is shouting the name of George Floyd, sparking an outbreak of protests across the globe.

In America-from Minneapolis, where he died, to southern Georgia, across the east and west coasts, jumping abroad to Berlin, Germany, and London, England. Even though we’re still fighting COVID-19, millions of citizens have braved the streets against our other pandemic which evolved 400 years ago.

A surge of video recordings has again documented racial violence against black Americans. And unfortunately, the police officer suffocating George Floyd wasn’t the only one. In Georgia, a father and son hunted down 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged. In Kentucky, the Louisville Metro Police raided the wrong home, killing Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT. In Indianapolis, two IMPD officers were caught on a Facebook Live video laughing after killing Dreasjon Reed. Then in Central Park, a racial threat toward Christian Cooper showed, in no relation, Amy Cooper’s premeditation to demonize his blackness saying, “I’m gonna’ tell them an African-American man is threatening my life!”

Even if you haven’t watched those videos, you’ve heard those names.