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GEORGE PERRY FLOYD, JR breakdown of racial divisions, intolerance, and discrimination, the
failure to act to end systemic racism hurts those who are victimized
Daddy Changed the World “When George Floyd’s six-year-old and denies all of us the opportunity to benefit from the gifts of
daughter made the powerful statement about her late father’s diversity.“Mass protests and mayhem continue against the murder
impact on the world; I felt compelled to create A Tribute to of George Floyd and police brutality within the African American
George Perry Floyd, Jr.. This could be the catalyst to unite the community, an act of social conscience and protest meant to bring
world to seek equality for all mankind. The hardest job is to come, people together in their shared incense at the inhumane treatment
because the enemies of equality are alive and well in America of American citizens” Black Lives Matter George Perry Floyd, Jr, he
and the World. So time will tell if George Perry Floyd, Jr. is the will never be forgotten, he is the face of the new movement that not
straw that breaks the racist back. only crossed North America, but the whole world, in brutal brilliance
I only hope that Georges’ daughter’s heartfelt announcement he was portrayed as an angel, ghost, a martyr from Syria to Belfast.
becomes a reality.” George Floyd, From ‘I Want to Touch the World’ “A Change Is Gonna Come” is a song by American recording artist
to ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Mr. Floyd had big plans for life nearly 30 years ago. Sam Cooke - sung at Floyd’s funeral. Cooke felt compelled to write
His death in police custody is powering a movement against police a song that spoke to his struggle and of those around him and that
brutality and racial injustice. (NY Times) Racisms’ not about black pertained to the Civil Rights Movement and African Americans. The
players or brown fans, it’s about all of us. Racism corrodes society song contains the refrain, “It’s been a long time coming, but I know a
and we are all hurt by it. Racism can only end if we confront the change is gonna come.” Floyd was remembered by family members
policies and institutional barriers that perpetuate and preserve the as a man everyone wanted to be around. Philonise Floyd, George’s
inequality, economic and social, that we still see all around us, the brother, said he was like “a general” that everyone wanted to follow.
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