GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECKS is a DEMAND that not only speaks to the condition under which George Floyd was mercilessly murdered, but truly reflects the harsh reality that recognizes Africans freed from enslavement in America have for long been victimized particularly by ingrained institutional practices.
Du Bois reminded, This is how the system was designed to control and mark the African as held in bondage and deemed inferior from the inception.
This view encouraged a particular stigma.