George Floyd's legacy of racial progress — and backlash
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Four years ago, George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His death sparked a massive movement in the U.S. and around the world as protestors passionately rallied against police violence and systemic racism. Not only that, but companies and politicians promised to enact change.
But since that reckoning, has progress really been made? Or is there now a cultural backlash that's cutting down progress? Washington Post journalist Toluse Olurunnipa, who wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning book on Floyd's life, joins us to talk about Floyd's legacy.
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