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Editorial| Volume 58, ISSUE 7, P735-737, September 2020

Equality, diversity, culture and ethnicity — we cannot stay silent

      Following the abhorrent killing of an African-American man, George Floyd Jr on 25 May 2020 at the hands of white police officers during an arrest in Minnesota, USA,

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52861726. [Accessed 29 June 2020].

      protests against racism spread rapidly round the world.
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