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Why I Protest
Why I Protest
Refa One, an artist and muralist, poses for a portrait near 14th and Broadway in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, June 5, 2020. Artists have been creating art to remember George Floyd and other Black people murdered by policer and other injustices. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last week.
“I’m out here because it’s time for African people to organize against the system of white supremacy, and organize and connect with our brothers and sisters
in the diaspora in terms of this Pan-African movement. It’s time for us to make our voices clear. And as an artist, it is the job of the artist to plant the seeds into the imagination for revolution for black people.”
“I’m out here because it’s time for African people to organize against the system of white supremacy, and organize and connect with our brothers and sisters
in the diaspora in terms of this Pan-African movement. It’s time for us to make our voices clear. And as an artist, it is the job of the artist to plant the seeds into the imagination for revolution for black people.”

