of Technology, in Wilmington, Delaware.
in her life? Why was she fighting over a
Unlike Prince, who had the opportunity
boy? She must be trifling. And the victim
to make his mark and become a global
shaming continued. Yet, these questions
icon, Amy’s opportunity was stolen from
and comments were so misaligned. I
her.
believe this is why so many news outlets
quickly picked up this story, even in the
Many times, when we hear about young
midst of Prince’s death, which was just a
black victims of violence, the negative
measly couple of hours later. Generally,
comments about the victims and their
news outlets don’t/won’t say our names.
families will soon follow. I saw them after
We are the forgotten ones—seemingly
a quick scan of Facebook. Where was
just a quick news bite on a slow news day.
her family? Why weren’t they involved
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