We still haven't figured this out yet!

I recognize that white men killing black are not the only murders that occur. I don't expect us to have eradicated murder, but I would have hoped that by now we could have stopped killing each other over skin color.

We still haven't figured out that a white man should not kill a black man. I can't list one victim without listing them all, so I'm not going to. Black people are senselessly being murdered because they are perceived as a threat based on their skin color. Racism is a huge issue and the civil rights movement was not all that long ago, it takes awhile for society to change- I get that. What I am appalled by is that we haven't figured out that every black man does not want to kill you, or rob you, or threaten you. Your hand should not twitch towards your holster when you see a hoodie. It's not just rogue red necks, it's our law enforcement. Men and women that are put in a position of power in order to keep us safe are instead making rash decisions based on fear and killing our children. A police officer should be the last person making snap judgement based on race- they should know enough, have seen enough. We should not have to wake up to another black man senselessly slaughtered.

Hate is so dangerous. Hate grows and festers until it is a part of you, until it is causing you to kill. We cannot let hate get that far.

Murder is a huge issue- I get that. Racism is a huge issue- I get that. But murdering someone you don't even know because of their skin- that's a huge issue that I expect us to solve.

I should not be begging white men not to kill black men in 2014, but I am.