George Floyd's Murder: The Tipping Point

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CONTENTS (Chapterwise Index)

** Introduction 1) The Brutal Murder of George Floyd      2) The Immediate repercussions in the US and across the globe 3) What if Floyd was a white guy?  4) More repercussions in the following months 5) The History of the africans in America; Main leaders who fought against slavery      6) What do the White americans think about the Black americans? 7) What do the Black americans think about the White americans? Solutions to the problem of Racism. 8) Timeline of the History of the Blacks in America 9) Racism in different countries - an Overview 10) Episodes of racism in World History 11) Racism is not just the discrimination based on skin color 12) The brutal murder of Breonna Taylor and the unfair judgment 13) Solutions For Racism and Police Oppression 14) Why Racism needs to end now? What is the urgency??  ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 
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(Chapter 4) MORE REPERCUSSIONS IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS

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Few days before the day of the funeral of George Floyd (9th June, 2020) and on the day of his funeral, lots of significant events took place around the world. The most significant of them was the demand for the removal of statues of those who supported slavery across the globe in the last couple of centuries. Another important event was that the demonstrations spread more and more globally to countries like France, Spain, Italy, Kenya, Portugal, Australia, Newzealand etc. People came out with huge banners of "BLACK LIVES MATTER", "I CAN'T BREATHE" and "WE CAN'T BREATHE". Inside the US, the demonstrations spread to newer cities like St.Louis, Raleigh, San Francisco, Tennessee etc. Although there was anger as regards to what happened at Minneapolis, most of these protests were peaceful.  Protests and Demonstrations spread all across the globe in June On June 7, protesters in Bristol, in the south-west of England,  tore down a 125-year ...
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