Americans should not be surprised that it took the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man under the knee of a white police officer, to take the COVID-19 pandemic off the lead of every newscast, off the top of every mind, and off the tip of every tongue.
Our great country was born with a big problem with racism. Today, 155 years after the end of the Civil War, 65 years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, 28 years after Rodney King implored us to “all get along” – our great country ...