Protests in the United States have raised anger about discrimination and political polarization, prompting many countries to take to the streets.

As protests against police violence and racism rocked dozens of US cities, British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab spoke of the crisis in a tone often used when referring to

"We want to see all that tension down the ladder and the Americans unite," he said May 31.

The British Foreign Secretary is not the only one who shows such an attitude.

According to Washington Post commentator Ishaan Tharoor, the unrest in the US attracts global attention for both old and new reasons.

However, the incident is widely watched by the anti-racial movement, as well as discrimination against minorities, which have existed for a long time.

Videos circulated on social media around the world, showing a black man George Floyd killed by white police and protests, such as "pouring oil" into a raging fire, motivating people.

In Australia, where the protests took place this week, upheaval in the US has sparked resentment over police's indigenous community actions, as well as memories of the 2015 incident,

"We are outraged by what is happening in Minneapolis, but people in Australia also need to stand up together together, because they can really see racism and injustice with our people,"

A similar situation occurred in France, when George Floyd's incident recalled the memory of an incident in 2016. Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black man living in the Paris suburbs, suffocated after being detained by police.

Thousands in Paris yesterday knelt and raised their fists in the streets to pay their respects to Floyd and Traore.

"How can you not remember the terrible pain Adama suffered when being controlled by three policemen, then kept shouting 'I can't breathe'," a Traore support group wrote on Facebook last week.

The sense of urgency and solidarity also aroused protests in Toronto, Berlin, London and many other Western cities.

"Let's hope the global protests will help Washington recall that their soft power is a unique asset, making the US different from other powers like China, Russia, even Europe.

The global reaction is also thought to stem from the long-standing conflict between the left and the imposition of American power.

"Part of the response was anti-Americanism, partly because of the flagrant injustice," said Marcel Dirsus, an expert at the Institute of Security Policy at Kiel University, Germany, referring to the protests.

"They protested because of Trump, whom the German public hated so much that many people hated the United States. I think many people thought that the US had bottomed out over the years, but then Trump proved them.

According to commentator Tharoor, the reality is that Trump's extreme nationalism has fueled a growing divide in other countries.

"Trumpism is an important part of the broader transnational movement. The current political polarization in the United States is similar to the situation in other countries," said political scientist Daniel Nexon at the University.

Even so, protests around the world can also prove lasting admiration for the United States.