An excruciating 8 minutes and 46 seconds have focused national attention on the past 400 years as much as anything has in either of our lifetimes. This week in Houston, George Floyd was put to rest in a very emotional funeral service that drew thousands in person, and seemingly much of the nation online. The video of a white cop’s knee on the black neck of Mr. Floyd as he pleaded, “I can’t breathe,” has become a modern-day version of Emmett Till’s open casket — which awakened and galvanized a generation of people around racial violence and oppression — as so many new white allies are now joining in the long-fought movement for racial equality and justice.
“America’s Original Sin” of racism and white supremacy has become part of the American narrative and consciousness like we have never seen before in a multi-racial and cross-generational conversation.
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