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A TV Star Had To Explain Why A White Man Killing A Black Kid Is An American Problem, Not A Black One

Rossalyn Warren
February 2014    


Everything Jesse Williams — star of "Grey's Anatomy" — says here about the Michael Dunn trial is spot on. Dunn was convicted of attempted murder (but not first-degree murder) for firing on four black teenagers who wouldn’t turn down their “rap crap” outside a Jacksonville, Fla., convenience store in 2012, killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis.

My four favorite parts of Williams interview:

1. When he explains how people are tired of the criminalization of black people in America — it's a white problem, an American problem, a societal problem, NOT a black problem. 
2. The "What the fu..." look on his face when she says, "We're on our way to justice — we have an African-American president..." 
3. The fact that we have to explain why it's racial is a huge problem. 
4. Would this have happened if Davis had been blasting Bon Jovi?

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