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peacebird

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10. As an upper middle class white woman I have never had reason to fear the police. But I do recognize

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 08:07 PM

Aug 2014

that my experience is priviledged, and it is not what a struggling woman of color would face.
I was a single mother for 12 years, BUT I was a single mom who had a college degree paid in full by her parents. (Thank you mom&dad!)
I had a job paying a GS 5 salary to start. Reality is much different for those without the benefits I had... One of those benefits was being born to parents who had the means to pay for my college education, another was undoubtably being born into a middle class family, and finally I was caucasian. In America being born white in 1957 was a HUGE step up.

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What would happen in a parallel Ferguson universe? [View all] RoverSuswade Aug 2014 OP

The white kid would not have been shot..... peacebird Aug 2014 #1

I believe that to be a true assessment and prediction of actions. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #7

This is not a race issue. 951-Riverside Aug 2014 #9

As an upper middle class white woman I have never had reason to fear the police. But I do recognize peacebird Aug 2014 #10

Not a complete parallel exboyfil Aug 2014 #2

I doubt there would be rioting Travis_0004 Aug 2014 #3

White on white exboyfil Aug 2014 #4

A parallel universe. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #5

Also, the book 'Black Like Me' by John Griffin (1961) RoverSuswade Aug 2014 #6

My brother read that book way back when and it was my introduction to civil rights in the 60s. A jwirr Aug 2014 #8