Today I am heartbroken. I am heartbroken for George Floyd and his family. I am heartbroken for 17-year-old Darnella Frazier, who took the video of Mr. Floyd’s murder and watched him die. I am heartbroken for the people of Minneapolis, and for people of color all across this country, and for all of us as Americans, scarred by racism. I am heartbroken and angry. I have been heartbroken every day of my life, even though that’s only a half-century of pain out of the four centuries of pain of African Americans in this country. Read more…
News