I was struggling to think of what I could say as a comic creator to respond to the understandable outburst of anger and grief over the recent George Floyd killing, and the extreme prejudice and injustice that have lead up to it.
Seeing some of the social media responses to the murder and its causes, I realised that the bar is low. You don’t have to be an expert in political activism to respond in a positive way. As the strip says, the message may be basic and obvious to many, but it clearly still isn’t getting across to all.
Racism and prejudice is something to keep working against for our whole lives, and I have to do more to not be so complacent about it.
One way that creators of fiction like me, can help move this forwards is introducing more diversity to their characters, especially amongst their protagonists. I wrote a post about this over on the JKP blog here!
Cheers and stay safe!
