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George Floyd’s Murder Should Not Be Shocking To You
I am writing this today, as a white woman and Minnesota citizen, to express my feelings about the public’s reaction to the murder of George Floyd.
I write this with a heavy heart. I also begin, first and foremost, with recognizing my white privilege. I cannot pretend to know what the black community is feeling, or what any BIPOC* (*Black/indigenous/people of color) communities are feeling right now. There is nothing that I can say or do as a white person, in this moment, that will make this better or erase the horrendous racism that has persisted for the last nearly 300 years.
Because it happens all the time.
And that’s exactly what I’d like to address.
I was born and raised in Minneapolis, and I was very disappointed by the level of shock that rippled throughout our city community. The morning after Floyd’s murder, many of my friends and acquaintances flooded my social media feed with the horrific video of his killing, captioned with great ignorance.
