Baltimore burned because black people’s lives are devalued by systematic, institutionalized unfairness in the justice, economic, and education systems. Anger is the manifestation of despair. The Telegraph writes “While black men of all economic backgrounds face many pressures, those without hope for economic opportunity are the most likely to explode.”
Earlier today, I read the story of Tamir Rice’s mother moving into a homeless shelter
(Tamir Rice was the 12 year-old killed by a police officer for playing with a toy guy in a Cleveland park). You can’t believe there’s going to be another life taken or another mother’s heartbreak, and then there is.