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In reply to the discussion: Is Newtown Making Such News Because The Kids Are Mostly White? [View all]Ivywoods55
(131 posts)Should where children lose their lives matter, if they are children, some as young as four or five? What should "where" matter if these children are DYING SO YOUNG? Some white people will bring anything into the conversation to justify ignoring the death and gun problem in inner city neighborhoods. NO CHILD SHOULD BE AT RISK FROM DYING FROM GUN VIOLENCE, especially since/when Black parents are not taking their children to gun shows buying up guns, nor are most teaching their children how to use assault rifles/guns. These children may not die in their classrooms, but just because they do not die in a classroom,should that make a difference that they were MURDERED? If someone's INNOCENT young child dies on a subway, standing on a street corner "walking to or from SCHOOL", or shot while sleeping in his or her bed, does that make their lives any less important than those killed in a classroom? I know this Nation has a very hard time dealing with race, but for anyone, and I mean ANYONE, to think that just because I stated young Black and brown children die from guns everyday, I am bringing race into this conversation, I say pull your head out, get informed, and stop believing that just because Black children do not DIE in a group, their lives do not matter any less.