"This is America that has not been seen in generations"

　　Author: Bian Lei

　　A few days ago, the chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Eiffel, described the nationwide protests triggered by the death of African-American man Freud in an interview. She claimed that his death, "uncovered an America that we have not seen in generations."

　　Eiffel pointed out that at certain moments the United States will be recorded in photos. And they are just "snapshots of American soul".

　　"When we saw this photo, the United States indifferently "put the knee on the neck of the black man", ignoring our pain, ignoring our crying, ignoring our despair. This is the kind of snapshot. And this is the United States." .

On May 30 local time, anti-racial discrimination protests continued in the US capital Washington. George Floyd, an African-American man from Mingzhou, was fermented by violent law enforcement. China News Agency reporter Chen Meng Tongshe

Demonstration cooling and spillover effect

　　During the past weekend, according to foreign media reports, demonstrations in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago and other cities tended to be peaceful. They have successively announced the lifting of the curfew, resuming commercial activities in the city center and commercial areas, and allowing buses and subways to resume operations.

　　New York Mayor Bai Sihao wrote on the social networking site on June 7: Yesterday, we saw the "best look" of the city, "From tomorrow, we will take a big step to restart. Let people stay safe and take care of each other."

　　However, according to a poll released on the same day, 80% of registered voters believe that the situation in the United States is "out of control", and only 15% of voters believe that the situation is "under control."

　　On the other side, in Britain and Belgium, protesters pushed down the controversial statues;

　　In Osaka, Japan, slogans such as "Black people's lives are also precious" and "Can't watch the fire from the other side" were raised;

　　In South Korea, a protester put on a mask with the words "I can't breathe" written in Korean;

　　In Germany, France, Thailand, Australia, Canada, Jamaica...

　　Outside the United States, tens of thousands of people continue to raise various slogans and take to the streets, resonating with calls for a solution to racism.

　　Reuters reported that on the 6th local time, in European and Asian cities, at least tens of thousands of people took to the streets to express their support for the American racial discrimination protests.

Anti-racial discrimination protests took place in Washington, the capital of the United States. China News Agency reporter Chen Meng Tongshe

"Two viruses"

　　"We have been hit by two crises," Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey once said that one was the New Crown Virus epidemic and the other was the nationwide protests triggered by Freud's death.

　　However, for African Americans, this kind of pinch is a deadly clamp. The ABC stated that the black group was caught between "two viruses"-the epidemic and the ongoing atrocities of the American police, and it was difficult to breathe. And such atrocities breed in systemic racism.

　　In fact, the epidemic has already become an "amplifier" of racial differences in the United States. Among the fatal cases of new crowns in the United States, whites accounted for 52.3%, and Africans accounted for 22.4%. These two groups accounted for 62.1% and 13.2% of the total population of the United States, respectively.

　　"The new crown virus does not discriminate against race, but our housing, economic and medical policies are okay." Andre Perry, a researcher at the Brookings Institution, a well-known American think tank, said, "Environmentally racist, unaffordable housing , Lack of job opportunities, poverty and lack of medical care are potential social conditions, strongly influenced by policies, and black people and their surrounding areas are in danger."

　　In addition, a study published by the Northwestern University in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences stated that black men are 2.5 times more likely to be killed by police during their lives than white men. A 2016 National Institutes of Health study found that blacks were 2.8 times more likely to be killed by police using lethal force than whites.

On June 7, tens of thousands of British people gathered in front of the U.S. Embassy in the United Kingdom in disregard of the "maintain a social distance of 2 meters" and held a demonstration to protest the death of American African-American George Floyd. China News Service reporter Zhang Pingshe

No progress in the past 70 years

　　At present, on virtual networks and in the streets of reality, protesters are calling on elected officials to face the long-standing systemic racial discrimination and inequality, and the topic extends from police violence to collective imprisonment and medical benefits.

　　The appeal of protest has also shifted from racial discrimination to the disparity between the rich and the poor.

　　"Over the past 70 years, no progress has been made in reducing black and white household income and wealth inequality." The US "Fortune" website quoted a paper published in 2018 on the 5th.

　　The Brookings Institution also pointed out that according to the Federal Reserve Consumer Financial Survey, the median net worth of black households in 2016 was $17,200. In the same period, this figure for white households was $171,000, nearly 10 times that of black households.

　　An article in the Financial Times of the United Kingdom pointed out that the race issue in the United States "has deep roots and has a long history". The only way to put an end to this situation is to recognize that there is a deep connection between race and economic inequality.

On June 6, local time, about 15,000 people gathered in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz to hold a demonstration to commemorate George Freud, who was killed in the violent law enforcement of the American police, to protest against racism and police violence. China News Service reporter Peng Dawei

Loop after loop

　　On the 7th local time, US Attorney General Bill Barr stated that there is no systemic racism in law enforcement.

　　He said: "For most of our history, we need to admit that our institutions used to have obvious racism. Since the 1970s, I think that our institutions are in a stage of reform to ensure their operation and Our laws are consistent."

　　But obviously, these are not enough. The race problem in the United States cannot "fever".

　　On the same day, most members of the Minneapolis City Council expressed support for the dissolution of the local police department and would replace the police department with a new type of public safety model. This became the latest U.S. reform plan to solve the improper use of force by the police

　　However, what kind of measures are needed to avoid prejudice and abuse of power in the process of law enforcement and to ensure the normal functioning of social order? Even if the police department is disbanded, can the interests of vulnerable groups be protected? Can unjust behavior be avoided?

　　In the interview, Eiffel, the chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, gave her the answer:

　　"When we return to this situation in 2020, I know... we will come back here again unless we break this cycle and shift our attention from what we get to the result of the event, that is, anger and anger , Pain, not potential causes."