The killing of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in the USA in May sparked protests across the world, including the largest anti-racism protests the UK has seen in centuries. Sports teams and some police ‘took the knee’ in solidarity, while a flurry of corporate commitments on tackling diversity followed. Companies such as Amazon and Coca-Cola declared themselves allies of the Black Lives Matter movement, the co-founder of social media site Reddit resigned from its board, saying he should be replaced by a black candidate, while Lego told online affiliates to remove links to 31 mainly police-themed products, as part of its own stand ‘against racism and inequality’.
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