22 BOCNEWS.com MARCH 2019 COLORADO SPRINGS and as a race. All African Americans will not be guilty if O.J. Simpson is found guilty of murder, but if we continue to pour unnecessary fuel on the racist fires, we will not be guiltless and others may be right when they say, “those people are all alike.” Instead of making the O.J. Simpson tragedy into an “all- or non-” racial issue, it's better that we focus on the underlying reality of why this may have occurred in the first place, i.e. untreated domestic violence. Through our understanding we may be able to alleviate, not just black, but all human suf- fering. NOT A BLACK THING ... continued from page 17