We are constantly hearing how much Black Lives Matter. But what about Black Deaths? Don't they matter even more? Last weekend in Chicago 100 people were shot, including two police officers and a dozen innocent children caught in the crossfire. There were 18 fatalities. Not one of the news reports -- online, on TV or in print -- mentioned that all those involved, the shooters and the shot, were black people.
Although I suspected as much, this fact was pointed out on FOX News by journalist Geraldo Rivera, who complained bitterly about the widespread reluctance to openly discuss the realities of black-on-black crime. The only time race is mentioned, and then it is fairly shouted from the rooftops, is when a white cop has killed a black man.
As Charlie Brown put it so succinctly, "The first step out of Blahdom is knowing you are blah." Come on everybody, let's try to solve a problem.
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