Despite Attempts To Cancel Or Shut It Down, The Controversial 'Floydies' NFT Series Enters Its 7th Generation Of Minting

After two months of being active, the Floydies NFT project, which is literally pixelized NFT mock-ups of George Floyd, has entered its seventh generation of minting. The announcement of the seventh generation, which means it has successfully minted and sold six entire collections of Floyd-themed NFTs prior, reignited backlash against the project and renewed calls for NFTs and cryptocurrency as a whole to stand against digital racism.

I don’t know who’s behind this NFT “memorial to George Floyd” (eg exploitative cash grab from his corpse) collectible “Floydies,” but it is disgusting and also racist as hell, someone tell his family this is going onhttps://t.co/h6Va0nhmKb pic.twitter.com/FFlQYaDDeN

— Jeff Yang (@originalspin) February 15, 2022

floydies nft? was George Floyd not a fucking human?? yall are disgusting..

— mx. they 👁🧚🏾‍♀️ (@yourhighkneis) February 11, 2022

The racist comments I see on the personal pages of those supporting the Floydies project is disgusting. Racism in Web3 didn’t take long to show its face but that’s because it still tolerated.
For many of us it’s traumatizing to see. Thankful for the non-Black ppl calling it out.

— ShaDonna Deneen (@ShaDonnaDeneen) February 11, 2022

This is some serious high-tech racism, y’all. Metaverse Black slaves. Floydies. Inspired by George Floyd. Burn in the hottest pit of hell @FloydiesNFT. https://t.co/SA4nQrJusy

— Touré (@Toure) February 11, 2022

Not everyone was against the Floydies project, however, as a few people were posting about acquiring some of these NFTs for themselves as controversy swirled around them.

This comes as the police were reportedly investigating the project, causing the Twitter account associated with the creator to post about the project being an "innocent memorial" that is being attacked. This type of marketing has also been adopted by proponents of the project, with some calling it racist to not mint a George Floyd NFT, as that would, purportedly, mean that one doesn't want his memory to live forever in one's digital wallet.

A Police Department Is Investigating Why Its Twitter Account Liked A Tweet Promoting Racist, Troll-y George Floyd NFTs https://t.co/0anfiMUGkV

— ade onibada (@SincerelyAde) February 12, 2022

It is really sad to see people trying to destroy my innocent tribute project.

I want to make it very clear that we are here to celebrate George Floyd and immortalize him.

Wherever you go in the metaverse, you should see him. You should be reminded of what he stands for. https://t.co/lI2Er39tBm pic.twitter.com/TjBERHve2U

— FloydiesNFT (@FloydiesNFT) February 11, 2022

deep sigh
"There are many forms of racism. The worst form of racism is not minting a Floydie during BlackHistoryMonth
…
Hey White boy. Did you know that Floydies come with an N word pass?
That's right, if you own a Floydie, you have the right to say 1 (one) 'hard R' N word " pic.twitter.com/bMcRLUuhAI

— SuperheroesInColor (@HeroesInColor00) February 15, 2022

Minted these Floydies because I’m retarded. Which one should I use as pfp? pic.twitter.com/ARk0ymY8Ca

— 丂ㄥ丨ㄒ几乇ㄚ (@sleezyqueers) February 12, 2022