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Being black In Minneapolis – A writer reflects

Dara Beevas has written an essay about what it's like to live in Minneapolis as a black person, and how George Floyd's city feels to her.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Dara Beevas and her family came to Minneapolis to live, and work, fifteen years ago.

She co-owns a publishing company and her husband is in the restaurant industry.

They have a daughter.

They have a home.

And this is her essay, about being black in Minneapolis.

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