. >> reporter: brittany lewis is a professor at the university of minnesota's center for urban and regionalaffairs. we met her in north minneapolis, the majority-black neighborhood where she grew up. over the weekend, it was the site of a massive food and supply drive for residents already suffering through the coronavirus pandemic, and now after the rioting the loss of so many grocery and retail stores. >> you already had a community suffering from a lack of resources, food, community and access. a lot of folks who lost their jobs were in the service industry, black and brown people. and then george floyd happened. >> reporter: she says long before george floyd, minorities in minnesota have faced a different kind of discrimination. >> there's an overt form of racism, right? that you might be used to. but then there's a subtle a form of racism that gives you the impression that you're welcome, you're invited, we want you to engage. but then you learn really quickly that's not exactly what they want at all. >> reporter: however, lewis says the george floyd killing highlights the most glaring