Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 minutes, because he knew that Floyd might die under his weight, but didn’t think he would endure the consequences of suffocation. The video of the killing shows Qiao Wen squeezing Freud’s airway with his knees, numbly watching the plea of ??bystanders, and mocking the self-assurance of someone who thinks the criminal justice system will support him.Before meeting Freud, Chavin had assembled In a 20-year career, there were 17 complaints about the use of force, But still employed.

The rapid spread of editing on the Internet has not only made American society uneasy on the basic fault lines of race and power. Even when we were responding to the coronavirus pandemic, it triggered global protests, prompting companies from Exxon to Pepsi to speak out, and forcing many industries-media, advertising, professional sports, etc.-to reflect on built-in races They are shaped in a philosophical way.

By midsummer, NHL, NBA, and even England’s Rugby Premier League have integrated phrases such as “End Racism” and “Black Lives Matter” into live products.The NFL team in Washington, D.C. terminated its racist nickname and logo and hired The first African-American president in club history. The CFL’s Edmonton team announced that it would change its racist nickname, and by December, the Cleveland’s MLB team had announced that it would cancel the “Indian” nickname during the 2022 season.

After quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt down to protest the barbaric behavior of racist police before the national anthem, and lost his career as a result, the NHL handed Matt Dumba a microphone to give a pre-match speech, condemning systemic racism. If watching anti-racism protests shift from taboos to alliance sponsorships is in line with your vision for progress, the acceptance of anti-racist rhetoric by for-profit movements in the summer of 2020 represents a big step forward.

The world has to watch

Let us ignore the fact that before most sports leagues can safely publicly condemn racial discrimination, the world must watch a white pistol, kill an unarmed, handcuffed black man, and then watch major cities around the world. Protests. Remember, the National Football League (NFL) tried to solve the racism problem for the first time after Kaepernick, and eventually they hired Jay-Z and promoted the cold, racially neutral slogan” Stimulate change”.

Since Floyd’s death, a whole year has passed, turning the major sports leagues into anti-racism advocates. What about now?

The milestones achieved since last spring seem like a turning point in the sport’s tortuous road towards racial justice, but when racial barriers drop, racial discrimination follows. Almost always. Twelve months after George Floyd was founded, we can still see that power brokers in the sports industry are fighting excessive anti-racism and insisting on using business models that exploit black labor.

We cannot deny the actual impact of post-George Floyd athlete activism, nor do we want to do it. We should set an example to illustrate the possibility of young, knowledgeable, and capable people who gather strength to improve the lives of others.

In August last year, members of the WNBA Atlanta Dream actively campaigned for team co-owner Kelly Loeffler, a Republican senator from Georgia, hoping to support Donald Trump. Elected on the anti-triad life issue platform. Team members put pressure on her and asked her to divest- Loeffler sold her shares in February And promoted her opponent Benjamin Warnock (Benjamin Warnock), who eventually won the Senate seat.

Jacob Blake protested after shooting

Later that month, the Milwaukee Bucks rejected the game against Orlando that night in response to the shooting of Jacob Black by the Kenosha police in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Wildcats strike quickly swept the rest of the NBA and all professional sports, and only after the teams promised to turn the arena into a safe voting location for COVID in the November general election, did NBA players agree to return to work. This effort contributed to record turnout when the pandemic threatened to keep voters at home and provided another high-profile example of a black-dominated athlete using his reputation for racial justice and Democratic service.

In a healthy political environment, this radicalism will win the praise of elected officials from all sides. A high turnout rate may mean that a voter with political beliefs participates, and the winner will know that their proposal appeals to the majority of citizens.However, the 2020 election High turnout andAccording to the former head of cybersecurity in the United States, Tightly defend against attempted interference, Prompting a series of state Republican lawmakers to crack down on the use of ballot boxes.

The new law proposed by Republicans in Texas aims to restrict early voting, close polling stations early on election day, and conduct fewer votes in urban areas where Democratic candidates are prone to growth.The company has That they disagree.

In Georgia, a 98-page law contains a series of clauses, including restrictions on Atlanta’s drop boxes, which will greatly affect the voting rights of black residents.

Democracy works according to plan

Major League Baseball responded to Georgia’s new law Mobile All-Star Game, Scheduled to fly to Denver from Atlanta on July 13.Republican lawmakers like Ted Cruz, who was born in Calgary, threatened Revocation of the alliance’s antitrust immunity.

Remember, all these actions and counteractions are because in the fall after George Floyd’s summer, democracy went as planned, and professional athletes actively participated to help it play a role. Voters participated in the vote. In Georgia, they chose Warnock as a member of the Senate and Joe Biden as the president. The Republican elected officials did not congratulate the winners for their outstanding campaign and reorganized the midterm elections next year. Instead, they chose to expand the former president’s lie about actually winning the election and retreat to the ballot box and the contest. racism. site.

Georgia’s legislature also passed a law that would allow college athletes in the state to monetize their reputation through sponsorship agreements. But only if they confiscate 75% of their endorsement income to their university, And then redistribute the money to athletes in other sports. The racial impact of this new law is unknown. If football and men’s basketball teams where most of the players are black enjoy the highest visibility, then these players will win the largest recognition agreement.

Forcing them to provide sponsorship funds to black athletes in other sports, and the proportion of black athletes is reduced accordingly, which is not only a tax. This is the transfer of wealth based on race. It’s theft. This is a clear message from Republican lawmakers to talented black athletes that they should be paid, but this is only a small part of their value, and they can only be obtained after they have paid off some whites first.

Georgia’s legislature is using sports as a means of racist laws to tell you how far-reaching the anti-triad movement still plays in large sports even one year after George Floyd was founded. Still not much progress has been made.