Poll: Black Americans Outraged by George Floyd’s Death, But Optimistic About Change

Poll: Black Americans outraged by George Floyd’s death, but optimistic about change after nationwide protests

 By, Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Scott Clement and Emily Guskin 

Jackie Beckley believes the video of the final moments of George Floyd’s life may finally help white friends and colleagues understand what she has labored to tell them about her experience as a black woman: the uneasy feeling that rose when her son was late checking in, her hesitation to take a job transfer “down South,” even her anger at disparate treatment by store clerks.

The graphic video of a black man slowly dying on a Minneapolis street had saddened and angered her, but the multicultural jolt of outrage that energized protesters across the United States gave her hope. She wondered whether people who did not share her experiences would finally begin to understand them.

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