#BlackLivesMatter This month we shall be recording responses made to the killing of George Floyd on 25th May. Too many black people have died at the hands of state racism, institutional racism – and individual racism stoked by the first two. We can all work together to turn the tide of racism. It will be a long and difficult struggle – but George Floyd’s death has brought many young people into that fight. We may yet change the world. Should we name 25th May as George Floyd day, to ensure that we never forget?
Here is one reaction to the news about the rates at which the police forces of various countries kill their own citizens – from someone who has faced her own share of hostility and discrimination.?
“So in the US we have a 30 times higher probability of being killed by the police than if we lived in Germany, good to know. This is not about Americans being more criminal beings than Germans. This is all on the police and their response. #BlackLivesMatter.” Martin Navratilova, former tennis player, Twitter
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