for a white woman, being stranded w/o a cell phone in the middle of the night is already a stressful, intimidating, and vulnerable situation...but her main goal is to secure her situation and seek help. If she does so, she's prolly gunna be alright. For black folks, an already dangerous situation is squared, because even the idea of seeking help in itself is inherently fraught with danger. She actually has to account for the inhumane racism pulsing through the veins of this country, and strategize against seeking help for fear that some dirtbag will simply shoot her for daring to ask for assistance, with the background knowledge that the country will collectively shrug at her murder and somehow rationalize the killer's actions.
Thats why I am amazed that my fellow people of color attack one another, physically and rhetorically, and side w/ the structuralism of white racism, instead of challenging it, which only serves to embolden unthinkable acts like this and further dehumanize us. Im also amazed at our low suicidal rates, when we have to deal with the constant stress of living in a world that literally hates you for no discernible reason. Im just rambling here....Cant even wrap my mind around this. Its just not human. Its just not.
peep this:
If dude didn't go hide who knows what she would have done.
