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When a Black woman says, "He hasn't come home." And white cop says, "He's probably fine." It becomes all the more clear that those in positions of power and privilege cannot understand the fear, terror, and anxiety of the marginalized.

Immediately it’s clear the cop “interrogating” Kendra doesn’t take her seriously. To him, she’s not credible. And it’s impossible to him that her child could be in real danger. That’s what happens when you don’t understand racial power...

And right to that point.... "Let’s skip the empathy tactic because - believe me. You got no idea.”

"I'm just trying to nice," the cop says. And maybe he is. But "nice" doesn't cut it in the face of life-and-death circumstances.

White supremacy infiltrates every corner of American bureaucracy -- and that same bureaucracy insulates critique, and brings about the dangerous, milquetoast fake-allyship that Kendra's husband is lapsing into now.