George Floyd statues are 'racist,' used by Biden, Dems as Marxist ploy to 'denigrate' Black men: Whitlock
Jason Whitlock says 'Veneration of George Floyd is racist and must be stopped'
By Danielle Wallace | Fox News
Memorializing George Floyd through recently erected statues in New York and New Jersey is actually "racist" and only causes more harm for Black people and America, sports journalist Jason Whitlock argues in a new op-ed published Tuesday by The Blaze.
Those statues in Newark, N.J., and Brooklyn, N.Y., unveiled by officials last week honoring the final nine minutes of Floyd’s life actually "denigrate and diminish the reputation of Black men," Whitlock, who is Black, argued in a new piece titled "Veneration of George Floyd is racist and must be stopped."
"George Floyd was a victim – of his drug addiction, self-destructive behavior, and Derek Chauvin's misconduct," Whitlock asserts. "Floyd is not Jesus. He's not Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, or Medgar Evers, black men who died tragically in service of promoting racial fairness."
"Floyd isn't Crispus Attucks, the first man killed in America's Revolutionary War," he continues. "Floyd isn't Emmett Till, an innocent victim of anti-black bigotry. Floyd isn't any of the black men I know who are terrific fathers, husbands, providers, and protectors. Floyd isn't 'Uncle Jimmy,' my media sidekick, whose primary job is father to his young sons, James and Jamill."
Instead, Floyd’s death has been used as a "prop, a pawn, and a punching bag." Corporate media has used Floyd’s death for attention, Whitlock argues, while liberal politicians used it to push policy and social activists used Floyd’s death to "explain black people and promote themselves."
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