What's the root cause of all this? You can't fight gun violence without knowing this...

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2. Our country is profoundly sick, and a lot of it has to do with white supremacy.

White supremacy is what dictates there's a certain way to live -- certain markers of success, certain manners and mannerisms that say you belong, certain things that mean you're deserving of help and attention and a hand up, knowing that the system works because it works for you. Our country is built upon it and protects it. Toxic masculinity is white supremacy. The concept of the nuclear family and all that entails is white supremacy. Rugged individualism is white supremacy. It's hard to see sometimes because it's not always based exactly on race -- people who aren't white often destroy themselves trying to attain it. When your very culture advertises itself as a zero-sum game that only some can win at, those who perceive themselves as losing are going to fall into despair, and lash out at others or themselves.

We know what prevents crime. We refuse to build a society that fosters that prevention, and the results are all around us.