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Chicago Sun Times columnist Mark Brown helps Chicagoans understand why African-Americans are less likely to accept Board of Education President Michael Scott's apparent self-inflicted fatal gun shot. Why do Blacks take their own lives less often than Caucasians?
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When I last saw Michael Scott, I regret not spending a little more time with him in conversation. The holidays have us rushing about, but it's the people which make the difference.
I was disappointed that there was a reference to a spike in black suicide rates but no explanation of the hypotheses of why it happened. Maybe there are none.
You've been posting on this subject almost daily. How long did you know Scott? Don't feel bad about not talking to him longer; he may have been in a hurry at the time anyway.
Have the police made their decision on the death yet? It doesn't seem like it. While the circumstantial evidence does point to suicide, murder is still possible. I can think of one scenario off the top of my head. While murder doesn't make a lot of sense, consider the murder of Ricky Birdsong. Did that one make any sense either?
Future events may help explain his concerns. My prayers are with his family.
Is EVERYTHING about racism?
I'm pretty sure that particle physics are unaffected by racism - that's one thing that's not; so no, everything is not about racism.
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