This is a lesson that, until fairly late in life, I rejected, even though a friend of mine in graduate school 26 years ago tried to explain it to me. He was African-American, a surgeon, and a PhD student in the lab where I was doing my PhD.
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Growing up white and male and solidly middle class, I had no reason to fear the police. So I didn’t believe him. I’ve since learned to listen better. Not perfectly, to be sure, but better.
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I am a middle class white gal and not afraid of terrorists and mass shooters as much as I am white men! Not you, Dr G
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I have no doubt POC fear cops more than terrorists. It’s rational to fear what threatens your community the most.
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Now that you've listened and learn teach those who still believe it's a "race card" to he played.
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My nephew has nightmares of being shot by the police. It’s real.
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I'm not scared of any of the options thanks to my privilege but if I had to pick one, it would be the police. I encounter them all the time, never the others. Might get hit by a police car in a chase it something.
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"Approximately three-quarters of all homicide victims in America are killed by someone they know.[2] And the real threat from strangers is quite different from what most fear: one-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police." https://granta.com/violence-in-blue/ …
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I’m a soft-voiced, middle-aged, middle-class white woman. I have felt accusatory dislike & had confrontational verbal responses from police during a routine traffic stop where I was pleasant & polite. If I’m getting that kind of treatment, I can’t imagine what POC get.
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