Best of N.A.H. February 2018

On the 1st of each month, I share links to some of the best posts from my blog, Notes from an Aspiring Humanitarian.

Here is a link to a selected note from February 2018.

White Denial, Mental Health, and Mass Shootings

“The reality still remains that mass shooters are disproportionately white and male. I spend a lot of time talking about race in my work, and I often encounter resistance on the part of white people to acknowledge the realities of the ways race, but particularly whiteness and white supremacy impact the context, and the outcome of a given situation.

For me, it’s hard not to notice the ways white suspects are humanized, and their contexts are sought to be understood in ways that explain how they deviate from the norm (ie mental health issues), while POC victim’s contexts are sought to be understood for the purpose of proving why they deserved to die.”

Read the full post: White Denial, Mental Health, and Mass Shootings

Check out the February 2018 archives for more notes from that month. Visit The Best Of N.A.H. page to find more of my personal favorites.

Ubuntu,

From Aspiring Humanitarian, Relando Thompkins-Jones

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