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We are not, nor can we be, ignorant to the profound influence of historical and contemporary racism on our societies, on the laws that govern us and on the behaviour of those who are responsible for writing or enforcing these laws.
The murder of George Floyd was a despicable act made possible by a system that permits and encourages violence against black people and has done so since millions of people were violently abducted from Africa and enslaved for the profit of white European colonists.
It was not an isolated incident and the problems that emerge from white supremacy, including institutional racism and historical amnesia are not unique to the United States. Far too many black lives have been cut short in Britain by brutal, racialised policing. Far too many black futures are robbed by economic and political systems that perpetuate inequality. The Windrush Lessons Learned Review finds in…