Damned racism again.
"I spoke to two people this morning, one black and the other
Muslim. Both of them said that, when they heard about this awful
shooting in Las Vegas, they immediately began desperately hoping
that the shooter was not black or Muslim. Why? Because they knew
that the blowback on all African-Americans or Muslims would be
violently fierce if the shooter hailed from one of those
communities.
Something is deeply wrong when people feel a sense of relief
that the shooter is white because they know that means they won’t
suffer as a result. White people, on the other hand, had no such
feeling (ie. fearful of being persecuted or discriminated as a
consequence of the massacre) this morning, because 400 years of
American history tells them that no such consequences will exist
for them today as a result of Paddock’s actions. "
https://theintercept.com/2017/10/02/lone-wolf-white-privlege-las-vegas-stephen-paddock/
