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In reply to the discussion: They Dared Me to Post This... [View all]ismnotwasm
(41,956 posts)But I've been poor. And I mean single parent female on welfare living in housing projects surviving on food banks poor. I've been homeless. I've been hungry. I've had abcessed teeth with no dental insurance. Hell, I even was shoeless for a period of time.
And on my worst day, I never had to consider the color of my skin. I'm white.
Recovering from all that, you'd look at me today and never know. I have a degree. My kids are doing ok--they cut up a bit as teenagers but it never occurred to me to worry if they were going to be killed by police because of the color of their skin. I fit in larger society... (well, white entitled middle-class people get on my nerves, but my experience isn't their business)
I fit in as smooth as silk when I want to. I don't always want to, but I have the option. I'm white. Doors open, police are polite, I don't get followed around in stores. Just for starters.