2020 Review

Simple language to summarize the complex issues of race and violence that came to light in 2020:

“Issues of race, equity and inequity were, once again, defining features of the past year. The murder of Ahmaud Arbery and police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd sparked fury nationwide. In spite of the pandemic, protesters turned out in historic numbers, spurring debates about policing, profiling and systemic racism. Race took center-stage in the 2020 election in many ways as well, culminating in the first-ever Black person and South Asian person being elected to the office of Vice President. And the pandemic not only gave rise to an increase in Anti-Asian sentiment, but it shined a bright light on longstanding health and economic disparities across the country.”

“In many ways, the events of 2020 have exposed the brokenness of 2019’s status quo – institutions riddled with injustice and systems ill-equipped to handle compounding disasters. Perhaps true to the New Year’s tradition, though, they also offer a blueprint for what can and should come next.”

What 2020 event had the most impact on you?

(Thank you https://www.wgbh.org/news/national-news/2020/12/16/2020-in-review-race-equity-and-inequity-in-america?00000176-9039-d909-af76-f77b07960000-page=2; https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/12/21/year-review-take-forward-2020/)