Dept. of Remembrance
Sunday, 25 May 2025 07:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
George Floyd
It's been five years since George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin. Little has changed, except to get worse.
The racist rot runs deep in this country - arguably it's one of the rotten support beams holding the United States up. Perhaps we can change that, and create support beams that partake of justice, but these days I'm not overly optimistic.
I remember George Floyd. I mourn him, at least in that way that a strange white woman can mourn him. I hope other strange white women, and white men, and others who aren't Black Americans can also mourn. And perhaps starting working for something better.
It's been five years since George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin. Little has changed, except to get worse.
The racist rot runs deep in this country - arguably it's one of the rotten support beams holding the United States up. Perhaps we can change that, and create support beams that partake of justice, but these days I'm not overly optimistic.
I remember George Floyd. I mourn him, at least in that way that a strange white woman can mourn him. I hope other strange white women, and white men, and others who aren't Black Americans can also mourn. And perhaps starting working for something better.