Charleston reminds us that it doesn't matter how good you are.

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From: Six Reasons Why Charleston Hurts So Much

5. Charleston reminds us that it doesn't matter how good you are. Everybody from Bill O'Reilly to our President hectors black people to be better. I've done it myself. If only we could be perfect, be the twice-as-good black, maybe then we wouldn't catch such hell. Even those of us who know this isn't true hold onto the belief just a tiny bit. Survival requires it. Otherwise we would have to face the reality that the true sin in the eyes of some is our blackness itself--the very thing that cannot be overcome. But these 9 who died were the best of us. Their death lays bare the lie that we can ever be good enough not to be reviled for who we are.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/20/1394932/-Something-everyone-should-read

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