I will never look suspicious to you. Even if I have a black hoodie, a
pair of jeans and white sneakers on...in fact, that is what I wore
yesterday...I still will never look suspicious. No matter how much the
hoodie covers my face or how baggie my jeans are, I will never look out
of place to you. I will never watch a taxi cab pass me by to pick
someone else up. I will never witness someone clutch their purse tightly
against their body as they walk by me. I won't have to worry about a
police car following me for two miles, so they can "run my plates." I
will never have to pay before I eat. And I certainly will never get
"stopped and frisked." I will never look suspicious to you, because of
one thing and one thing only. The color of my skin. I am white.
I was born white. It was the card I was dealt. No choice in the
matter. Just the card handed out by the dealer. I have lived my whole
life privileged. Privileged to be born without a glass ceiling.
Privileged to grow up in the richest country in the world. Privileged
to never look suspicious. I have no guilt for the color of my skin or
the privilege that I have. Remember, it was just the next card that
came out of the deck. But, I have choices. I got choices on how I play
the hand I was dealt. I got a lot of options. The ball is in my
court.
So, today I decided to hit the ball. Making a choice. A choice to
stand up for Trayvon Martin. 17 years old. black. innocent. murdered
with a bag of skittles and a bottle of ice tea in his hands.
"Suspicious." that is what the guy who killed him said he looked like
cause he had on a black hoodie, a pair of jeans and white sneakers.
But, remember I had on that same outfit yesterday. And yes my Air Force
Ones were "brand-new" clean. After all, I was raised in hip-hop...part
of our dress code. I digress. Back to Trayvon and the gated community
in Sanford, Florida, where he was visiting his father.
I got a lot of emails about Trayvon. I have read a lot of articles. I have seen a lot of
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