odinsblog:

”Whites often confuse comfort with safety. We say we don’t feel safe, when what we mean is that we don’t feel comfortable. Secondly, no white person looks at a person of color through objective eyes. There’s been a lot of research in this area. Cross-racially, we do not see with objective eyes.” – Robin DiAngelo

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In the above passage, Ms. DiAngelo is being charitable – I believe that when many white people sic the police on black people, they are fully aware of the danger they are (intentionally) placing us in.

When the police are called on black people—even for trivial things—we are only one “I thought I saw a gun” away from becoming the next hashtag on social media.