Jesse Dorris | #NeverAgain Is Different Because Survivors of School Shootings Can't Grieve in Private Anymore



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Tanzil Philip, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, addresses a crowd on the steps of Leon High School, in Tallahassee, Florida, on February 20th. (photo: Audra Melton/NYT/Redux)
Jesse Dorris, The New Yorker
Dorris writes: "Whatever else it does, silence breeds shame. At sixteen, I felt ashamed that I could only process the murders as proof that the world would let us die, for sport."
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