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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa

What would George Floyd’s life have looked like without the crushing weight of racism?

A mural of George Floyd in Houston, Texas, April 2021.
A mural of George Floyd in Houston, Texas, April 2021. Photograph: Brett Coomer/AP

The murder of George Floyd two years ago prompted a global awakening about the pervasiveness of racism, as millions of people, from Toronto to Tokyo to Tottenham, joined together to take to the streets in the summer of 2020.

After nearly two years of reporting on Floyd’s life and legacy, and writing a book, His Name is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice, we are often asked if anything has actually changed since his murder.

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