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George Floyd Not a Martyr
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
02 Jun 2021
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Margaret Kimberley · George Floyd Not a Martyr

The effectiveness of the social justice movement should be measured by “what material conditions have actually shifted for Black people” and other vulnerable groups, said Kovie Biakolo, a widely published multiculturalism scholar specializing in culture and identity. “George Floyd was “not a martyr,” according to Biakolo. “He’s a man who wanted to live – he didn’t give his life for the cause.”

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