Black Stoneman Douglas Shooting Survivors: Minority Voices Not Valued as Much as White Students

Black Stoneman Douglas Shooting Survivors: Minority Voices Not Valued As Much As White Students (RealClearPolitics)

A group of nearly a dozen black students who survived last month's school shooting of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School spoke Wednesday to express concern that their voices are not being heard as much as their "white counterparts."

Stoneman Douglas survivor David Hogg, a white male, has been in the spotlight as of light speaking on behalf of the student body.

"The Black Lives Matter movement has been addressing the topic since the murder of Travon Martin in 2012 and we have never seen this kind of support for our cause, we surely do not feel that the lives or voices of minorities are valued as much as those of our white counterparts," said Tyah-Amo Roberts, a black Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student.