Sean Taylor's Death

This column is centered around the death of Sean Taylor. Though it is not all about him, I believe that Sean Taylor's death is the cause for writing this article. The author, Jason Whitlock, argues that the reason behind Taylor's murder is because he was a victim of black violence in the U.S. today. I agree with what Whitlock is saying about our society today. People are just setting aside the fact that the majority of African Americans killed today are murdered not by caucasians, but by fellow African Americans. A strong parallel that i found is this: "If you saw a fat man fall to the ground clutching his chest, you'd assume a heart attack, and you'd know, no matter what the cause, the man needed to lose weight. Well when shots are heard and a black man hits the pavement, there's every statistical reason to believe another black man pulled the trigger." This parallel associates the reasoning behind assuming that a murdered black man was killed by another black man and assuming that a fat man who died clutching his heart died from a heart attack. It also parallels the fact that if a fat man died from a heart attack, one would know that he needed to lose weight if he didn't want to die. In the same way, if a black man died from being murdered by another black man, then one would assume that there is an evident problem there that needed to be fixed. This helps to support the article because it clarifies Whitlock's reasoning behind what he is saying. It also provides more insight as to why this is such a problem in our society today.