OPINION / OBSERVER By Li Qingqing Published: May 24, 2021 09:53 PM A visitor attends the free public art exhibit Justice for George: Messages from the People at Phelps Field Park near George Floyd Memorial Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the US on Saturday. Photo: AFP"I can't breathe." This was among the last words of George Floyd, an unarmed black man suffocated to death by a white US police officer on May 25, 2020. But one year after Floyd's death, US society has not seen a turning point toward a better situation. Many US ethnic minorities are still living in discrimination and inequality. Ethnic minorities, especially African Americans, still "can't breathe."