Why Is No One Coming For The Parents Of Toddler For Death of 5 Alligators? [View all]

[Starry Messenger]

I was just talking about this to a friend of mine last night.

http://wearyourvoicemag.com/identities/race/no-one-coming-parents-white-toddler-death-4-alligators

In all this passionate frustration over the killing of Harambe the gorilla, I cannot recall seeing anyone — not one person — issue a prayer for the family of black toddler, thank their God for granting the child’s safe return to his parents.

I cannot recall seeing any posts expressing empathy for the mother and father of that Black child.

I cannot recall anyone blaming the zoo in the way that people are blaming Disney for not warning tourists about the presence of alligators in the lagoon.

The sad, painful and frustrating truth is that no one seemed capable or willing to identify with those Black parents.

Like every other institution in America informed by race, that inability to identify with pain and suffering of black families involved in animal tragedies is neither accidental nor incidental. It’s national heritage.