What is Racism?

prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalised

How did black lives matter and the 2020 riots and protests begin?

On may 25th 2020 a black man (George Floyd 46) was murdered by Minneapolis police. The police officer (Derek Chauvin) knelt on Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes with the last 3 minutes Floyd showed no movement or pulse. Floyd was arrested for allegedly using a counterfeit bill and was later pinned to the ground face down, handcuffed and with Chauvin’s knee on his neck cutting off his airway. Floyd screamed multiple times “I can’t breathe” which became a strong quote for the black lives matter movement. This event killed Floyd and started riots and peaceful protests across the world. The black lives matter movement became the largest civil rights movement ever.

Iconic image of peaceful Protests. These show people of all race, ethnicity and religion coming together to end racism.

Iconic image of police brutality. These images show excessive force used by police for those protesting for equality and the end of police brutality and racial profiling.

Riots- Some protestors have taken these protests so far that it had led to destruction of buildings, homes and business’ as well as destruction of war monuments and statues of racists.