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The Fight Against Racial Injustice is Transatlantic

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George Floyd (1973-2020)
A Black man who was killed by Minneapolis police officers in May 2020. The officers were arresting Floyd alleging he had used a counterfeit $20 bill. During the arrest, Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for approximately eight minutes, during which time Floyd repeated that he was unable to breathe. Floyd’s death at the hands of the Minneapolis police led to massive protests against police brutality throughout the United States and in 60 other countries around the world.
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Solidarity
Within the context of the podcast, this term refers to providing moral support and acting in collaboration with others for a singular purpose. After the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, people around the world provided moral support and participated in protests to oppose police brutality against people of color.
Police brutality
Unnecessary or excessive physical force employed against citizens by law enforcement. Use of this force may extend beyond the bounds of the law, making it an illegal use of force.
Enlightened
To be aware or informed about a topic that others may not know about. In the podcast, host Michel Martin states that some European nations have a history of acting as if they are more attuned to, better informed, or more enlightened about issues of race than the United States is.
Systemic racism
Policies that exist within institutions—including government, the criminal justice system, education, and private industry—in which a certain group is discriminated against via exclusion from opportunities available to others in society, or disadvantaged in the pursuit of those opportunities.