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“We gained traction with that project in the wake of the George Floyd murder and in a moment where there was a cultural correction and people seemed to want to do better. But now we’re in a moment where it’s evident that a lot of that was performative and not bone-deep. Projects like that suddenly become challenged. ‘Onyeka’ being one, ‘Return of the Rocketeer’ at Disney being another.”

Beisner said that due to the shutdowns, she lost two jobs and her grandmother died alone, while at the same time, protesters prompted by the death of George Floyd could gather en mass.

Efforts were stepped up and embraced by much of corporate America in the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matters protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police officers.

Det Con Claire Floyd, from Norfolk Police, said the victims had "suffered truly traumatic ordeals at Jamie Kadolksi's hands".

As recently as 2020, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels rang its bells in memory of George Floyd, while Gomez used his regular letter to Angelenos to decry racism as “a blasphemy against God” and urged everyone to “root out the racial injustice that still infects too many areas of American society.”