the irrelevance of black life has been drilled into this country - Sad, but true. We see it again and again - most recently in a (white) pro-football player who took joy in tormenting another player (black) and exchanged text messages with a white former teammate that said...guns are best used for "picking off zombies - and black people", according to The Wells report commissioned by the NFL to look into racist, bigoted comments by players on an NFL team. Yet some defend this bigot and others defend those who defend him. Yes, the irrelevance of black life has been drilled into this country.
"...the empty desks of 20 children marked absent today, and forever"
-Poet Richard Blanco at President Obama's Inauguration, 01/21/13