In Sunday Review, a look at the state where George Floyd and Daunte Wright were killed.

"While Minnesota is a great place to live for white people, for Black people, it’s just like everywhere else — and sometimes worse," writes scholar Samuel L. Myers Jr. nyti.ms/3dqUPpM
“My great-grandparents joined in the great migration to land in Minneapolis, and over the years we’ve all seen how our neighbors choose to ignore the suffering of those of us who don’t look like them,” writes @JustinNXT. nyti.ms/3mSvsAp
"Minnesota has had a rude awakening to the fact that it is not above the fray," writes David Lawrence Grant. nyti.ms/32m8LuW
In Minnesota, massive racial disparities are masked by aggregate outcomes. nyti.ms/3dqUPpM Image
"Our unwillingness to understand the profound, deep-seated, systemic nature of white supremacy has lulled many into thinking that police reform might get off to a meaningful start by simply weeding a few bad apples out of the force." nyti.ms/32m8LuW Image
Minnesota "has its boot on the necks of the Black people who make up less than 10% of its residents." nyti.ms/3mSvsAp Image

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