If you've been following David Lynch during lockdown you'll be aware of his new online series, "What Is David Working on Today?" and a reboot of his weather reports on his YouTube channel. 

In light of the outrage for the injustices suffered by people of colour around the world, Lynch—in his methodical and understated style—uses his online series to support the movement. The day before, Lynch also uploaded a weather report in which he was completely absent from the frame.

The imagery of white-picket-fence middle America has pervaded much of his films, and although he never tackles race relations head-first, his oeuvre often presents the collective unconscious of white America. 

In an essay by David Foster Wallace, the writer called Lynch's films "apolitical", which is more of an indictment on his own work than anyone else's. To rebuttal this claim, an  essay by Vulture in 2017 says:

"All of Lynch’s main characters are white: As far as American directors go, this is unexceptional, and it may well be the most normal thing about him. What is abnormal about Lynch’s films is the way he makes whiteness speak and turn its gaze upon itself. Very often, the crises that force his pale-faced leads to reveal their true nature are subtly and indelibly linked to the violence and discrimination that created and sustains their power, or in other words, whiteness."