Great post! Speaking of “The Wire” type environments, these comments by Giuliani are also racist, IMO: “African Americans must explain ‘how and what they’re doing among themselves about the crime problem in the black community.’” See http://www.cbsnews.com/news/giuliani-blacks-crime-problem-dallas-police-rap-music-chicago/

Do we ask any other ethnicity to police themselves? Do we tell any other ethnicity they are responsible for the crimes committed by people that share their ethnicity? No, and when Giuliani or anyone else says that to Black Americans, it’s blatantly racist.

The current events seem to have a way of turning up the hidden racism that so many people have but have learned not to vocalize in mixed company. I hope people are paying attention, and learning something — that’s how we’ll solve this problem and make the world a better place.