BS Geography

To witness the pressure of a white policeman's knee on George Floyd's neck against the ground of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in south Minneapolis for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, killing him on the spot, comes with the responsibility of denunciation. The Geography Department at Gustavus Adolphus College condemns all acts of anti-Black violence and racism, state-sanctioned or otherwise. We stand in solidarity, in turn, with all those who took the streets of Minneapolis to demand justice for Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tamir Rice, Atatiana Jefferson, Philando Castile, and the long list of Black lives killed as if their lives did not matter. The cry and demand for justice is heard across North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and Asia, bringing to light the global geographies of the Black diaspora and white supremacy. We support those global struggles too.