Thread by @nin10dette, There's so much shit I avoid doing to avoid conflicts with white [...]

Ms. Nintendique

nin10dette

There& #39;s so much shit I avoid doing to avoid conflicts with white ppl

If I left my cash in the car I will offer to leave my cellphone while I go get it so they don& #39;t accuse me of theft. I won& #39;t enter an apartment complex until a friend lets me in or even my own until I find my own key.

If I& #39;m lost, I do not ask for help. I don& #39;t carry a purse or bag into stores. When I lived in a fancy white neighborhood I avoided being outside for too long or being seen getting my own packages.

I don& #39;t particularly care to learn how to drive, because of cops.

I shouldn& #39;t have to calculate my every move for my own safety. No one should. I& #39;m sure all these precautions wouldn& #39;t help either way if I encounter a racist cop or Amy C00per. They& #39;d find something I did to be wrong. They& #39;d find me suspicious because of racism.

My intent is not to say that the way I live life in fear is the right way to avoid conflict: it& #39;s not. There& #39;s no way to avoid it when racism exists. Every black person I know takes precautions. And they can will still be fucking shot in their sleep or accused of resisting arrest

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