The other day, while waiting for a bus in Grosse Pointe Pk., MI (a formerly all-white enclave of the rich, but now a rental community of mixed ethnicity bordering one of the wealthiest cities in the country), I saw a young man get manhandled by the police, and arrested for seemingly nothing more than being Black.
Now, I have known this to happen to others, and I am not naive--racism is big and bad and strong in this country--and especially in Grosse Pointe.
I'm white, but I have been married to a Black man for over 25 yrs. (though we have been separated for 10.) I have biracial children and grandchildren. We lived in West Virginia in the 70s!! I mean, I have seen racism! And I have fought against racism.
But I did not run to the young man's aid. It could have been that the arresting officer yelled at a Black woman who was coming to see if the young man wanted her to call his mother, "Get back, or you're going to jail, too." It could have been that within two minutes, 2 more
2006-11-10
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