This week, Apple announced that it would donate the huge "Black Lives Matter" mural in front of Apple Pioneer Plaza in Portland, Oregon, to the non-profit organization Don't Shoot PDX for safekeeping. Citing local media The Oregonian report, the organization’s weekly newspaper announced the acceptance of this large-scale artwork created by the community and said that the mural reflects the appeal of many people. They are witnesses to the large-scale parade this summer and oppose institutional violence. A joint call to action with the attention of the white race.
During the George Floyd protests last summer, an Apple Store in downtown Portland was looted. Its glass wall was smashed and defaced by mobs, and a barrier was erected. Subsequently, the company also set up roadblocks in other branches in hot spots across the country.
Soon after the roadblock was erected, local artist Emma Berger painted a portrait of Freud on June 1st and drew the words "I can't breathe" on the wooden exterior wall panels. Others followed in her footsteps, drew artworks, and wrote information about the movement of black life.
Apple said in a statement: “Artists in the Portland community reimagined the blank canvases surrounding our Pioneer Place Apple store and created a monumental work of art to commemorate the ongoing justice struggle. And the lives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. Apple supports these artists and all those who fight for social and racial justice."
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