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'GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH RESONATED IN THE UK BECAUSE BLACK COMMUNITIES HAVE SIMILAR DIFFICULTIES WITH THE POLICE'

The Black Lives Matter summer drew an attention to the issue of racial inequality that we had not seen for decades.

Witnessing the life being squeezed out of George Floyd provided the undeniable evidence of the crisis of racism, prompting some of the largest anti-racist collective demonstrations in history. For a moment the veil was lifted on the realities of life facing minorities, especially in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has highlighted existing inequalities. In the rush to address the issues there

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