On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The gruesome act was caught on camera and widely shared on social media. Protests against police brutality and racism quickly spread across the United States and across the globe. In this RPI Policy Alert, we survey the Rising Powers’ response to these protests and their take on politics and race in the US, rarely if ever, holding up a mirror. Read the full Policy Alert here.