"a cop is a cop"

"and he may be a very nice man. but i don't have time to figure that out. all i know is that he has a uniform and a gun. and i have to relate to him that way. and that's the only way to relate to him, at all."

james baldwin in conversation w/nikki giovanni⁣
"a cop is a cop"

nikki giovanni's response is so important and it hits on race, gender, and policing:
Blocking anyone that tags a police department on any of these tweets. Seriously. WTF?!
All that can save u now is ur confrontation w/your own history...which is not ur past, but ur present. Ur history has led u to this moment, & u can only begin to change urself by looking at what u are doing in the name of ur history.

JB to white ppl, 1968 https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-history-that-james-baldwin-wanted-america-to-see
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