> Black people accrue psychic trauma every time another news story like this breaks. > Being able to "examine the issue" without being at this disadvantage is a privilege.

Whenever I read something like this, the cynic in me wants to reply, "If <insert group> are really that psychologically fragile, clearly they're not ready to participate fully in a liberal democratic society, which necessarily requires being to separate oneself and one's emotions from the issues being discussed."