Do NOT feel collectively responsible when an assailant is black.
White folks do NOT feel collectively responsible when an assailant is white.
If white people get to be individuals and presumed collectively innocent, then black people get to be individuals and presumed collectively innocent, too.
“Please don’t let them be black!” We’ve been indoctrinated to feel collectively guilty/responsible when a black person commits a crime.
No matter what crime a white person commits, white people aren’t indoctrinated to feel collectively responsible.
White folks who commit crimes never lose their humanity, no matter how heinous the crime.
Black folks who commit crimes are never allowed their humanity no matter how harmless the crime.
White folks who commit crimes are regarded as individuals who made “mistakes” and have “legitimate” excuses like “mental illness” and “affluenza.”
Black folks who commit crimes are considered inherently evil and degenerate by virtue of being black and a reflection a... less
