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White Peoples' Original Name For Gun Violence; “Black-on-Black Crime”
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White Peoples' Original Name For Gun Violence; “Black-on-Black Crime”

For decades, white people have deemed gun violence something that only harms people of color. Now that their stance has changed, we must ask why.

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However white people feel when they spot large groups of Black people in public, they should just know that’s exactly how I feel when I see big groups of white people. 

It’s not the same stereotype-driven fear they use to justify calling the police on groups of Black people, nor the same fear trigge…

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