George Floyd: Racism can't be normal in US- Obama

The former African American President of US Barack Obama on Friday said he share the anguish of Millions of Americans over the death of a Black American Man George Floyd in Minnesota.

He said racism shouldn't be 'normal' in 2020 America. Obama said of the death of Minneapolis Man George Floyd and several other recent racial incidents in the country.

"It can't be 'normal' if we want our children to grow in a nation that lives up to its highest ideal, we can and must do better", Obama said.

In his statement, Barack Obama referred to Floyd's death but also two other high-profile recent racial incidents in the US, one involving a black Jogger who was shot dead by two white men in Georgia and a black man who had confrontation with a white woman while bird-watching in a park in New York.

"It's natural to wish for life, to just get back to normal as a Pandemic and economic crisis upend everything around us"

"But we have to remember for millions of Americans being treated differently on account of race is tragically, painfully, maddeningly 'normal' in whether it's while dealing with the health care system, or interacting with the criminal justice system, or jogging down the street or just watching birds in a park", Obama said.

Barack Obama said Americans need to work together to create a " new normal " in which the legacy of bigotry and unequal treatment no longer infects our institutions or our hearts.