This Doesn't Happen To White People

Up on CNN this morning is a compelling post “This Doesn’t Happen to White People” by Kimberly Jade Norwood, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis, discussing events in Ferguson, Missouri, just 12 miles from where she lives.  Professor Norwood reports what an African American mother of four fears on a daily basis:

I also have three sons. My two oldest are 22. They are 6-foot-5 and 6-foot-4 and each weighs more than 220 pounds. One recently graduated from college; the other will graduate in 2015. The youngest is 13. All three like to wear jeans and the latest sneakers. They love hoodies. They like looking cool. These three young men have never been arrested or even been in a fight at school.  Every time my sons leave the house, I worry about their safety.”