Colonial Legacies in Times of 'Black Lives Matter'
BLM around the world
2020 was the year America embraced Black Lives Matter as a movement, not just a moment
Erika D. Smith
Los Angeles Times
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In this article, Erika D. Smith reflects on the conditions that make a moment - like the assassination of George Floyd - turn into a global movement against police violence and injustices sustained by racial hierarchies.
Image: Artists memorialized George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis policeman, with murals and other street art along Wilmington Avenue and 105th Street in Watts © Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times
