Du Bois's lesson we still haven't learned

Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy shot in Cleveland by an officer in training, suffered death. According to an Ohio grand jury, the case is closed. 

Elsewhere in these United States, presidential candidates have and will continue to laud America as exceptional. Some of the candidates have made American exceptionalism central to their personal narrative. 

One of the noteworthy aspects of nationalistic exceptionalism is that America enjoys innocence. As Ronald Reagan said at the 1984 Republican National Convention, “We are not the cause of all the ills of the world. We’re a patient and generous people.”