Young Boy Dies, Was it Racism?

Last May, a UK man brought his 4-year- old son who was suffering a seizure to a local hospital. He claims that hospital staff did not expedite his son's admittance because he was black.

The young boy died subsequently died.

According to BBC News, the father raised allegations of racism to police who he says failed to conduct a proper investigation into the case. Almost a year later, he is still grappling with UK police over the issue as he is still mourning the loss of his child.

The investigation is still underway, so I cannot say with certainty that racism is the root cause of this death just yet.

But isn't it despicable that it might? Even the possibility that a young boy died in 2008 because of racism is disturbing.

Unfortunately these are issues that must still be addressed today. Regardless of how far advanced we are in terms of technology or capitalism, a social phenomenon called racism still has a hold.