Cogito Ergo

I learned a long time ago that writing is difficult when you're not in the right head space.  Being busy or agitated makes it hard to articulate exactly what you want to say.  That fact is partly to blame for my lack of writing lately.  Work and family always keeps me grinding but they are not at fault this time. For all of my trying to get everyone to understand the situation with Black people in America I was just as outraged as the willfully ignorant when the grand jury failed to indict Darren Wilson for murdering Mike Brown.  Just as that outrage was beginning to simmer down, the same thing happened with Eric Garner.  Then there was the killing of Tamir Rice which some of you misguided souls felt the need to share the video of.  There was also John Crawford who was murdered in Wal-Mart for shopping for a pellet gun... at Wal-mart. I have to admit that the vindication of my world view was bitter sweet.  I don't think any of White friends can accuse me of being oversensit