Stacey Patton, reporter at Chronicle of Higher Education, has a stark, must-read opinion piece at Washington Post. An excerpt:
When black parents read about the killings of Jordan Davis, Darius Simmons,Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Renisha McBride and so many others, they are forced to instill fear in their children — warning them about the dangers of white people and the police. Such words of caution are not enough to overcome the centuries of attitudes toward and policies behind white killing of black children.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-america-black-children-dont-get-to-be-children/2014/11/26/a9e24756-74ee-11e4-a755-e32227229e7b_story.html