Five years after George Floyd’s death, Black Portlanders call for continued awareness

Just days before the five year anniversary of George Floyd’s death, the Portland Mercury published "BlackOut: A Five-Year Retrospective on Portland’s Racial Justice Movement," in which African-American Portlanders weighed in on racial justice in Portland since 2020.

The article issue spotlights 12 African-American writers, who discuss the work that needs to be done on the road to racial justice.

A Pew research survey found that five years later, 72% of the people surveyed said the focus on race after Floyd’s killing did not actually lead to improvements in the lives of Black people.

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