Juneteenth & Strange Fruit

NY Dispatch Day 96: Weeks of global protests sparked by the police murder of George Floyd are finally making cracks in the wall of systemic racism. A radical conversation and shift in public opinion is taking place. Colin Kaepernick taking a knee to protest the oppression of African Americans has become the symbolic gesture of support. Marketing which has long been deemed racist is being removed from store shelves. The Confederate flag is finally recognized as a symbol of racism. Juneteeth, whic...