Lost in America

I made this piece before As the World Burns, but around the same time, while the murders of U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents were taking place.

As a human being, it's always hard to watch another person get killed. It's both amazing and sad to me how desensitized so much of the country has become to killings. Especially right after, when so many of those videos float freely across our timelines, often without a disclaimer or warning.

I know not everybody is affected the way I am, but I find it incredibly detrimental to my mental health. It's even more disheartening to see how the level of interest and discourse breaks down along lines of race and gender.

I've seen the aftermath of murder in person, and gun violence has touched so much of my life. So anytime a video like that is going around, I have to step away from social media. It makes me sad and angry how carelessly people treat these moments. It's almost like people forget those are actual human beings losing their lives.