Our country — and the world — is talking about race in deep ways that we never have before. I lived through the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s, and while the movement brought us far in understanding and change, it is nothing like what we are learning now. We have a very long way to go yet, politically and culturally. But on the state level and soon on the national level, we are passing legislation for change. Institutions are making positive decisions such as removing racist symbols, statues, flags and practices. As a people, we are talking. These are good steps. They need to continue, along with protests, for a long time before we are done.

These drawings were done in the last week as I thought about what has been going on. The murder of George Floyd is only the latest of many such horrible deaths at the hands of police; I drew about the pain of losing a brother, the children about whom we have to worry, the protests of blacks and whites. The drawing below is about the burden of racism that our country unfairly puts on black citizens, a burden that I, a white person, do not have to carry, but should.

Every day, I draw a different image live on Instagram and Twitter and talk about what I sense is going on, what the issues are, how I am impacted personally and dialogue with those who join me.

Drawings are about communication, emotion and the sharing of ideas.

There has been a lot of discussion about — and action towards— removing statues of people who have racists histories; and I think it’s a good thing. Some don’t agree with it.

I thought of this drawing today with that in mind. This president is not a statue, however there is much discussion about removing him because of his beliefs and his behavior. And there is some action beeing taken towards removing him. Not by pulling him down, as the drawing implies, but by voting in November.

I venture to say that the groups most interested in his removal are Blacks, Feminists and LGBTQ communities.