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Pearl Matibe

Pearl Matibe is a Zimbabwean, Washington, DC-based foreign correspondent, and media commentator with an expertise on U.S. foreign policy and global affairs.

The makeshift memorial surrounding Cup Foods where George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer on Sunday, May 31, 2020 in Minneapolis , Minnesota. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

AHMAUD ARBERY

5 JUN 2020

Understanding the violent protests across America

The protests are rooted not in the pandemic, but in centuries of discrimination

Pearl Matibe

5 min read