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osodecanelaTalk to Brionna Taylor. Talk to Eric Garner. Talk to Philando Castile.
Talk to George Floyd.
Oh. Right. You can’t. They’re all dead.
Tim, how many traffic stops have you endured? How many times have you had to breathe slowly, zen-like, hands on the wheel at 10 & 2, no sudden moves. Really, Tim, how many times? Did your mother have the ‘talk’ with you, a talk no white mother has to (unless her kid was of color)?
Tim, was Jim Crow not racist? During WWII, when we interned Japanese Americans, but not Italian or German Americans, was that not racist? When Latino families seeking asylum here had their children taken from them, was that not racist? When Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, & Black Baptists are shot inside their houses of worship in this country, I suppose that’s not racist either.
What planet are you on? If you can say this is not a racist country, it sure isn’t this one.
