MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell legitimately asked on her show Friday if white people were “capable in large numbers” of “grieving for the loss of a black child.”
MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell asked on her show Friday if white people were "capable in large numbers" of "grieving for the loss of a black child."
Mitchell pointed the question at author Connie Schultz, who had written a column asking white people to "listen" amid the unjust death of George Floyd, according to the Daily Caller.
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View on X"Are white people grieving?” Mitchell asked. “Are they capable in large numbers of grieving for the loss of a black child, or a black woman in her bed in Louisville, or is there something different this time, because they witnessed eight minutes and 46 seconds of a murder?"
Mitchell was referring to Floyd's death, and the death of a Louisville woman named Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by police after a no-knock warrant was issued.
Protests and riots have exploded across the world following the death of Floyd and Taylor—many having led to killings and widespread destruction by rioters.
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