George Floyd’s killing had all the aspects  to spark another generation of activists and societal shifts. George Floyd’s death brought back reminiscence of what I think new yorkers feel the most when thinking back to 2014  for the death of Eric garner a man who was choked to death saying the same words as George Floyd ,”I can’t breath”,  making it another example that history repeats itself if there isn’t constant work for it not to happen again.  My own thoughts back when the outrage of George Floyd’s death was just beginning was that the timing of his death added so much more attention to it with the pandemic and quarantining throughout the united states at it’s peak, with almost Everyone stuck at home with mostly no real work or other things to focus on this death became that focal point. The point is not that his death would’ve mattered less if everyone had their normal life but It most likely would not have been so Internationally recognize just like the countless other killings in this country in the past that just seem to fade away from the major public eye, Everyone at home frustrated with their circumstances a death like of George Floyd’s may well be considered the boiling over point for most people.

It made The BLM movement in the united states one of the most publicized movements in history with a whole new generation leading the movement ,Gen z , while this generation is moving to be the close future of this world but arguably the largest generation with an internet influence. I can say that during this generation’s movement focus is not completely on major news media but also on major social media apps including most recently tiktok.  Possibly at this point in history there is a major shift between how many people actually believe in the information from Major news outlets versus information that can be found on social media.  The aspect of social media grows the influence of what a George Floyd like death can have across the world with it being easier than ever for a person from across the world to really feel the frustration and hatred that is felt by Americans possibly thousands of miles away.

The examples from the podcast all gave different international views and connections to the BLM movement specifically in the U.S, But the most inspiring of them was the example from the Netherlands. A country which aided tremendously in the trading of slaves within the Atlantic gives a brutal view of the world in which governments can be negligent of their own hands in the process of making the world that is full of oppression we have today. What makes the example extremely inspiring is the fact that change in the right direction is forever growing with the people of the Netherlands making change within their own city government for hope that soon the whole country will follow suit.