How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning With The History of Slavery Across America (out now), explores our reckoning—or lack thereof—with the country’s historical sites and their relationship to slavery, does believe the video documentation of Floyd’s death was partially responsible for reinvigorating the nation’s race consciousness.
But he thinks an amalgamation of other events should also be credited: the country having developed a more complex understanding of racism; the Black Lives Matter movement altering how we think of overpolicing; and the pandemic.
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