In every interview I've seen with her, the FIRST question Philando Castile's mother gets asked is about Dallas. Nobody in Dallas gets asked about Philando Castile or Alton Sterling first.
But the events of the last week has the white political and commentary classes are now saying that we need to have a "national conversation on race [or about race relations]".
I'll skip this conversation, thanks. I have better things to do. Like bite my nails and flip through the Woman Within catalog that arrived in the mail Monday.
listen up my white, liberal friends. America has been having a "national conversation on race" for 397 years now. And black humanity is STILL up for debate. There is no conversation to be had while my-and my people's-humanity is up for debate; at least not for me.
As long as Philando Castile's mother is asked about Dallas first when nobody in Dallas is asked about Philando Castile first, miss me with talk of a national conversation.
As long as Dr. King is trotted out to get black people to shut up and stop complaining, miss me with talk of a national conversation.
As long as so many white people continue to search for some reason to say that [Eric Garner/Mike Brown/Tamir Rice/John Crawford/Walter Scott/Freddie Gray/Sandra Bland/Alton Sterling/Philando Castile] did something to deserve the fate they met, miss me with talk of a national conversation.
As long as the "it's class, not race" people continue to ignore the fact that poor whites are not policed the same as middle-class blacks, miss me with talk of a national conversation.
I have better things to do.
