I respect your concern, but we are embodying an era that mirrors the past in ways that heighten the stakes, which makes it impossible for niceties, and the time it takes to distinguish between “some” and “all.”

When a 12-year-old boy name Tamir Rice was shot in the gut by two White cops because he looked like an adult playing in the park with a toy gun, when he was just a child — that’s when I gave up the quest to be considerate of the feelings of anyone who can’t relate to our pain.