On the danger of performative activism
Writing by Rachel Flynn. Illustration by Polly Burnay. It’s now been 107 days since the murder of community worker George Floyd and 177 days since the murder of EMT Breonna Taylor. These days have been filled with a global outpouring of grief and questioning, and many of us, sheltered in our white university bubbles, have faced disbelief at how this could have happened. The answer: it can’t be boiled down to a singular reason, but rather a multitude of institutional faults cr