A White Woman, Racism and a Poodle

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://franklywrite.com/2020/06/01/a-white-woman-racism-and-a-poodle/

I have not told this story before. I worry how it will be received. I don’t know the right language to express it other than my own thoughts and feelings. This post is not for people of color because they already know it. This is for white people living in suburbs and small towns who think this is a big city problem and “It’s not my town.”

Before moving to New York City, I drove every where. I got pulled over 3 times in 15 years; two speeding tickets and an illegal left hand turn.

The first year I was back in Michigan, I got pulled over 5 times. Each time it was for impeding traffic and I did not get a ticket.

I drove a dark grey, 1998 Chevy Venture van that was in storage for several years. It was in good shape.

Hard to excerpt; worth the read.

[Nevilledog]

1. Very worth the read.

[Delphinus]

2. Thanks for this

We have so far to go ...

[Hekate]

3. Excellent read

[madaboutharry]

4. It isn't only "driving while black."

Now we know that "sitting in a car while black' is also a reason to be stopped by the police.

This just makes me want to give up on things ever changing.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

5. Big black poodle with Afro gets constantly pulled over!

Believable.