At @essnet this yr there was a talk abt racism in the https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐕" title="Dog" aria-label="Emoji: Dog">-owner https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌎" title="Earth globe americas" aria-label="Emoji: Earth globe americas">. one of the pts was how many White https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐕" title="Dog" aria-label="Emoji: Dog"> owners use them to intimidate Black ppl in parks & claim common spaces as theirs (like breaking leash rules). He checked her, so she weaponized the White https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face"> & police call 1/ https://twitter.com/melodymcooper/status/1264965252866641920">https://twitter.com/melodymco...

I know this well as a runner, but it was something, to hear the talk. Had a runner near-run me over with his https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐕" title="Dog" aria-label="Emoji: Dog"> on a trail on 05/10, leash so loose, and pretending that he was the only one on said trail. We made eye contact & he didn’t acknowledge the moment. I told @UREssien 2/

Much thanks to @laurendolsen https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat">