On June 7, 10,000 to 15,000 people gathered at Place Poelaert in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Since then, the debate on colonial memory and the fight against racism has accelerated. In reality, the “decolonization” generation has been maturing for ten years. Portrait.
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Rassembled in front of the Brussels courthouse, between 10,000 and 15,000 people brave the confinement to express their indignation. On June 7, the arrival of the Black Lives Matter movement in Belgium surprised, especially by its unprecedented scale here. However, if the murder of George Floyd was the spark that set the powder on fire, the movement was ready. “The demonstration is not the beginning of a movement, but its culmination, sums up Aïda Yancy, queer activist (movement which claims gender non-binarity, and defends LGBTQI + struggles), anti-racist and Afro-feminist. Behind that, there are activists who have worked in the shadows for generations. This generation, in this case, has been going up for ten years. Resolutely connected, highly educated and intersectional, she has made the decolonization of public space, memory and above all mentalities the essential step in the fight against racism in Belgian society.
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