Argument Against Racial Traumas

My sophomore year was the hardest for my friends and me because we were suffering from racial trauma, which affects us mentally and emotionally. 2015 seemed to be an apex for black men and women dying at the hands of a police. When we were just starting to grieve over the death of Michael Brown, another report came out that a young mentally ill man named Matthew Ajibade was tasered in the groin area while being restrained in a chair by police officers. This inhumane action was a breaking point causing my peers to lose appreciation for the melanin in their skin because they believe it would lead to their death. As more videos came out, youth around me began to question whether they truly had rights or if it safer to give up their rights in order