'It gives me hope': Guardian readers on why they joined US racism protests

As protests continue throughout the US in reaction to the death of George Floyd, the African American man who died under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis, the Guardian has spoken to readers about why they have taken part in demonstrations – and what needs to change.

Here are some of their responses:

‘We’re just going to keep dying, unless we continue to protest’

I’ve been protesting in Oakland because I don’t want any more suffering of my people and I want society to change. I shouldn’t have to explain to my seven-year-old sister that we are treated differently because of the color of our skin and I don’t want to one day have to give my own children that talk, that you’re black, you’re going be