RACISM

How Some White People Weaponize Their Fear to Get Away With Murder

An essay about the tragic death of Loletha Hall

Allison Wiltz
6 min readApr 18, 2024

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In this country, the lives of Black people are routinely sacrificed at the altar of white fear. We can see this play out in the discourse surrounding the death of Loletha Hall, a 61-year-old Black woman fatally shot by William Brock, an…

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Allison Wiltz

Womanist Scholar bylines @ Momentum, Oprah Daily, ZORA, GEN, EIC of Cultured #WEOC Founder allisonthedailywriter.com https://ko-fi.com/allyfromnola