Posts tagged George Floyd and Breonna Taylor

On Tuesday April 20, 2021, a jury issued a verdict all too rare in American history, the jury found former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three charges of killing George Floyd; second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. Race hardly came up during the course of Chauvin’s 16-day trial in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The prosecution and the defense focused exclusively on the facts in the case and the testimony of expert witnesses. Blacks have undergone tension, anxiety, fear, retaliation and degradation and the idea that the only off ramp for that is a conviction—is somewhat …

It’s just history, world history, everybody’s history and must be treated as such, a historic norm. Much like “Perennial Philosophy” “European” or other history… there are always lessons to be learned; they are pe-rennial, and always in progress… Black history defies description or interpretation. Naturally, a good part of my 28 days’ season of Black History Month 2021 were spent listening to various radio programs — Canadian and US alike — all of which featured multiple conversations and discussions about the subject of the month. And something dawned on me: the abundance of Black oriented (BHM 2021) talk was exceptional. …