just curious, my friends,

[roxy]

How many times have you been stopped by the police--without doing anything to give them a reason to stop you, like speeding, or weaving all over the road, or throwing stuff out the window?

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[capnzebbie.livejournal.com]

Never. I've been pulled over but there was always a good reason. I used to be a terrible driver--a terrible, fast driver, so yeah, pulling me over was probably a good idea.

One of my old boyfriends got pulled over once for driving a crappy car. It was an El Camino from about 1968 -- things missing, things falling off, lights out, probably expired tags. So the cop pulls him over and starts listing all the things that were wrong, and then says, "But I really just pulled you over because I wanted to see who you were." It was pretty funny, actually, he didn't even get a ticket.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

And now I'm going to ask you the polarizing question: was your friend white or black?

[capnzebbie.livejournal.com]

He's white. Me too. If either of us had been black, we'd probably be dead or in prison. I want to say the world is sucking so hard right now, but it has always been this way--it's just all out in the open now because of the availability of tiny video cameras.

The first step is admitting you have a problem. We as a society, as a nation, may be in the throes of step one now.

Very true!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

We are in step one. It's a mighty long step. Generations long. But I have hope that one day, my great-great grandchildren will honestly be judged by their character, and not their color.

But I'm going to leave them a note on my tombstone, telling them not to hold their breath.

*sigh* sometimes it gets a bit too much--you folks here keep me going. :)

Re: Very true!

[capnzebbie.livejournal.com]

I just remembered my niece was pulled over for no reason once. She's mixed. The cop told her that she had an outstanding warrant in another city. She had to go to jail. I shudder to think what might have happened to her if her one phone call hadn't been to her white, doctor husband, who came and rescued her dog where the cop made her leave it in the car on the side of the road, then got her out of jail. The warrant mysteriously disappeared when he started trying to find out about it. They found out later that this shithole town in south Arkansas had a population that was thirty percent registered sex offenders.
Yes the world is sucking.

You keep me going too. I always love your posts 😘