The Things We Cannot Discuss: When I Wonder About the Race of a Mass Shooter, I'm Always Hoping They're Not Black

A Black man is the main suspect in the tragic mass shooting that took place on a crowded subway car yesterday in New York City.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 13: People walk through a Brooklyn subway station a day after a man shot numerous people on a train in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The first time I remember a mass shooting taking place in the U.S., 20 six and seven-year-olds were shot and killed, along with six teachers at Sa…