THE BACKDROP OF OUR NATIONAL LIFE 

"I used to think the lack of news coverage of the death of people of color was negligence on the part of the media, but it's bigger than that; perhaps it's cultural, systemic. Some death and injustice is expected, not shocking or newsworthy, because it's been in the backdrop of our culture since the inception of the United States." 

— Lee Sandusky, "Dust of the Desert" in Rebellious Mourning: The Collective Work of Grief