I truly love my blackness and yours. this is something we all need to say more than once a day. My children and grandchildren will know what it is to be black, the good and the bad.
This story has to be told because the book that is being written in the media along with what the government feels about us is only half the story. I have had many run-ins with cops and racist people and guess what? I'm still standing. You want to know why? Because I know what it is to be black.
I remember riding in a white neighborhood with a white friend that lived there and I saw a police car to my left while I was heading south to the freeway. I looked over at my friend and told him "I'm about to get pulled over" he with a quick response he replied "no you're not" not even two red lights later I was pulled over for speeding. I just looked at the officer without saying a word when my friend told him I wasn't speeding.
I gave him my licence and about 5 minutes later he returned and had the damn nerves to tell me to slow down. Because we had a 35 minute ride ahead of us we were able to have a sensible conversation about race. Although he was shaken and in shock, that day had given him a perspective of what it was like to get pulled over based on the color of your skin. This is something that we go through all the time and getting used to it is not an option.
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