The “most powerful nation in the world” finds itself unable to breathe.
Police arrest protesters walking on FDR Drive, stopping traffic, as they demonstrate over the death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer at a rally on May 30, 2020 in New York.“I can’t breathe.” That was one of the last things George Floyd could be heard saying as Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin pinned him to the ground with his knee until he died.
When we go to the store, gloved and masked, the worst part is the mask, which according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, needs to snugly cover both the nose and mouth. For many people, the discomfort around the mask hasthan the simple fact that they cannot fully draw breath when their nose and mouth and covered in cloth.
It’s pure coincidence that America feels like it is dying this summer because nobody can breathe. It’s a powerful metaphor though, and one that bears some parsing: Cities are literally on fire and nobody can breathe, people of color are being strangled by white police officers and their last words— captured on camera—are “I can’t breathe.” A pandemic has taken over 100,000 lives and the death, the disease, and the attempt at prevention keep us from breathing fully.
You can’t breathe when the world is on fire. And you can’t breathe when you are unable to stop screaming with anger, frustration, and fear. You can’t breathe when you are sobbing or terrified.
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