Black Lives Matter, Wherever They Are
Western leaders are beginning to criticize Trump’s handling of race issues, but they have much to answer for.
Time to look closer to home.
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As protests against racism have gathered global momentum in the wake of George Floyd’s death, it has become clear that U.S. President Donald Trump is not the only leader in the world with a problem. There isn’t a single wealthy Western country that is racism-free. European nations, the U.S., Australia, Canada: All were founded — or fattened — on the proceeds of either slavery or colonization, or both.
Trump’s handling of the protests has been an unmitigated disaster, but when it comes to domestic matters, Western leaders usually stay out of one another’s business, reserving their finger-wagging about human-rights abuses against ethnic minorities for developing countries. And yet, the American situation has deteriorated so significantly in the past few days that leaders in Europe and Canada haven’t been able to avoid commenting.