Mark Talley
About Mark Talley
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Systemic Racism
Resileice in the face of adversity
Description: Through my lens after a devastating personal loss, I uncover the layers of systemic racism that contributed to a fatal domestic terrorist attack. I reflect on my mother's life and the broader implications of racial bias in shaping such violent acts.
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Books by Mark Talley
“5/14: The Day the Devil Came to Buffalo” (2023)
The date was May 14, 2022, a day that will go down in history as the day the devil, disguised as a racist asshole with hate in his heart and a semiautomatic rifle, came to the eastside of Buffalo and killed ten innocent Black people at Tops Friendly Market. Geraldine C. Talley, my sixty-two-year-old mother, was one of them. She was the last person he killed with two shots to the head before police “calmly” arrested him. I guess I can find a little solace in the fact that they didn’t take him to Burger King afterwards like they did when Dylann Roof, that other racist asshole, murdered nine Black people during Bible study and worship at their church.
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