The Guardian, June 3, 2020: In America, Black deaths are not a flaw in the system. They are the system
Too many Black people in America are dying.
We die driving our cars. We die playing outside. We die babysitting. We die eating ice cream. We die sleeping in our own beds. We die and die and die at the hands of the police who are sworn to serve and protect us.
Even then, we are not done dying. We die giving birth. We die trying to breathe. We die when doctors under-treat our heart attacks and dismiss our calls for help.
We die because we are overrepresented where it hurts, such as poverty
and prisons, and underrepresented where it helps, such as higher education
, and the federal judiciary. We die from many causes, but one stands out from all others: racism. …
