Shaun King: Racism has found its way into the Cincinnati Zoo saga

[MrScorpio]

98. That information didn't come from either King or myself

The press made a point of exposing it, as they did not thing for all the previous white victims. Racist commentary has all but blew up the Internet about. Just look at Facebook and comment sections, check out right wing hate radio.

You also never saw a flurry of racially infused blame and hatred against the previous parents, as we've seen recently. Much of that showing way more concern for the animal, than an endangered black child.

The racial component to this Cincinatti Zoo story should be all too obvious to anyone who has paid attention to it. I'm not even close to being an expert on it and it's all too apparent to me. Of course, Shaun King was right on the money.

Your lack of savvy about what can or can't be construed as racist isn't my concern. Unlike most whites in this country, we can ill afford the luxury of not being keenly aware of what impact that our own skin color has on any situation we find ourselves in. Especially because that impact routinely has negative consequences for us.

I've had too many conversations about race with too many whites that only centers on their discomfort about the subject which only centers on their feelings. Black people in this country don't live in a bubble of white normality.

It would be nice if more whites were self-aware enough to realize that fact.