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Christians Can’t Be Silent No More

Today is George Floyd's birthday, and it seems fitting to revive this post, first written and published on Saturday, May 30, 2020 . Christians Can’t Be Silent No More (Image: Source: Courtesy of Christianity Today from " George Floyd Left a Gospel Legacy in Houston ") I read an article today on the George Floyd incident, the senseless killing of a black man by a police officer who kneeled on the man’s neck, ignoring the pleas of both the man and his companions. I watched the footage of the incident and was very disgusted by the police officers in the video. The author of the article that I read is a Chinese immigrant, and he calls for Chinese immigrants in the US to stand up for the black community. The author’s reason for such a call is not only because Chinese/Asian Americans have widely become the target of hate crimes due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He writes: “ The ultimate benchmark for the assimilation of the Chinese (or any ethnic group) in the American...