And you should be doing something about it
If you haven’t seen the harrowing video of the last minutes of his life, you will know his name by now. George Floyd, a 46-year-old security guard from Texas, was killed on Monday after a Minneapolis police officer named Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for at least seven minutes while arresting him for allegedly using a counterfeit bill at a local deli.
The recordings of his murder have rightly enraged protesters around the world, on social media and in real life, with police responding with rubber bullets and teargas to disperse growing crowds around Minneapolis. The four officers present at the arrest have been fired, but justice has not yet been served. Floyd’s family have called for them to be tried for murder.
It’s not just that white people are more represented in the media or less likely to face police brutality or more likely to get a job they want, it’s never having to think about how the colour of your skin makes people treat you differently. It’s feeling protected rather than afraid of police. And in turn, addressing our privilege means addressing our internalised racism and thus the fact that because we were all raised in a racist society, racism exists in all of us. Florence Given said it well in
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