.' Avoid them at all costs, but if you have to pass through at night, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FULL TANK OF GAS so that you don't have to stop.""When road tripping, every Black person knows not to stop in a rural area for gas or a pee break if you can help it, especially at night. I know someone whose child actually peed their pants because the area they were driving through was a sundown town, and they weren't going to risk it.
"Obviously, my words should be enough. If they aren’t perceived as such, my reputation and credentials certainly should be. But in the rooms I walk in, I’m often still the only woman of color, many times the only Black person, and sometimes, the only woman. Intersectionality is real. My suit somehow overrides their initial perception of who I am and what I’m there to do. I want the win, but it’s tiring to have to go above and beyond constantly just to be taken seriously.
Count the examples about CLASS not race. You signal your class status with your college jacket, or your full business attire. You don’t change your shade of tan with it.
Most of these things are true for everyone, regardless of race. The others are just unsubstantiated assumptions.
You all don't have *one* black staff member to have coordinated this article?
That’s the most idiotic thing ever. Perfect example of generational Stockholm syndrome with brain washing into thinking one is inferior. Holdovers from generations past. Own who you are. your actions rather than color or gender will determine how you are treated. Comply don’t die
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Lol. We were taught very similar things . Nice try to create more division. When you Segregate, it does not mean you are doing something different, you are just unaware. I have white friends who were told to keep hands on steering wheel during traffic stop, yes white peeps.
Would you go for a walk in a black neighborhood
Some of these are pure paranoia
'Knowledge is power.' -Francis Bacon