It must be said plainly and repetitively, so that no one can miss the significance of this historic moment for the United States and its allies, who depend on its leadership.
The continued U.S. ability and credibility to lead rests on how effectively the country manages and learns from the triple shock of 2020: the worst global pandemic in a century, the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression and now the most extensive racial upheavals in 50 years.
That is because in a world where most countries share the global challenge of Covid-19 and recession, the nature of this racial drama is singular to the United States as "the only modern nation that had slavery in its midst from the very beginning,"It's also due to the timing of these upheavals, coming in such a divisive electoral year and at a moment of escalating major power competition with China.
As Lincoln said in December of 1862, one month before signing the Emancipation Proclamation, "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope on earth." The killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, was horrifying, but much of what has followed suggests that the United States is rediscovering what President Lincoln, in hisMost remarkable have been the large and diverse crowds of peaceful protesters that have demonstrated against racism in the United States and across the world.this week, comparing the situation to the 1960s.
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