Wearing black and braving a blistering sun, Jamaicans gathered on Saturday to lend support to global protests against police abuses sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month.
People hold posters as they take part in a demonstration against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, outside the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy
Floyd, a black American, died in Minneapolis after a white police officer knelt on his neck during an arrest. In a country where the vast majority of people are of African descent, Jamaicans say racism can take on subtler forms. “You have persons in Jamaica who don’t believe we experience anything remotely racist, but technically it can be described as colorism,” she said, noting that Jamaicans with lighter skin are perceived as superior to those with darker skin.
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