(MINNEAPOLIS) — A lot has changed in the year since George Floyd’s death at the hands of police sparked a nationwide reckoning.
Amid the outcry, Confederate monuments were removed and hauled away. Racially insensitive scenes from popular TV shows, like Golden Girls and The Office, were pulled by streaming services. And, along with all the new racial equity initiatives announced by corporations, some also changed the names of their brands — Aunt Jemima, for example, is now the Pearl Milling Company.
While the changes over the last year might be one step toward racial equity, people like Hank Willis Thomas, a conceptual artist based in Brooklyn, New York, are working to ensure there’s a more inclusive landscape for all, not just for now but in the future, too…