As if the corona pandemic is not problematic enough, now we have this. And by "we" I mean humanity, not each person specifically, because like me for example, I know about the incident but I can't tell for certain how it was over there when it happened and up until the riot. I do feel sorry for George Floyd and his close ones, but I can't say anything about its aftermath, whether how this "message" is delivered the right or the wrong way. Looking from a 'bystander' perspective, the anarchy seems very unnecessary. But, if I was more involved in some way than simply just reading the news, I'd probably be raging as well because you're right, racism has no place in any society.
Yeah, and worse of all, it's happening in the US, where the Covid outbreak seems far away from being under control. I have the same feelings like you to, and as someone looking at this from the outside in, I can't fully comprehend the exact circumstances. I can only observe, and while I still wonder if all the protests have gone a bit too far, I too would probably be somewhere in the midst of that chaos had I been there first-hand.
At my apartment complex here in Malaysia, there's quite a few African students and immigrants living and renting rooms, though a lot of them left before the lockdown. A year or two ago however, it looked like some of the locals here didn't like it as much, as they later hung a banner over the top of the front entrance that basically said, "Africans aren't welcome here".
I mean, what the absolute f**k?! Even my mom, who doesn't normally talk about these racial issues, was utterly appalled by it. I was rather busy that day, but thankfully some people brought the banner down before I was able to do it myself. Really, it's surprising to me why we haven't been able to overcome the simple issue of looking past a person's skin colour/religion/culture, and seeing them for the human that's in their hearts 💔