Anonymous wrote:I am blessed to not have met my fate with all these depictions above. But, I went to a state park and went swimming in the river with my kids and was told to get out of here by 3 white families using floats on the river. I want to be naive and assure they told me to get out of here because they wanted to use their floats on the entire section of river.

How old are your kids? If they are very young, then clutch your naïveté if you need to do so for your well-being, and think about how you will talk about your park visit with your kids in the future. If they are not very young, then you need to discuss the situation with them — including how they might feel and how they might handle similar situations in the future, especially if and when they are on their own. IMO

I’m sorry that this happened to you.


This is about national parks, not state parks, but this might interest you.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/racist-roots-lack-of-diversity-haunt-national-parks/

I am blessed to not have met my fate with all these depictions above. But, I went to a state park and went swimming in the river with my kids and was told to get out of here by 3 white families using floats on the river. I want to be naive and assure they told me to get out of here because they wanted to use their floats on the entire section of river.

Anonymous wrote:Call 911 for professional help with a family member having a mental health crisis.



https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgia-woman-died-fell-patrol-car-cruisers-are-always-supposed-locked-rcna39478

You can’t even open the door from then inside. This is just low.

Call 911 for professional help with a family member having a mental health crisis.



https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgia-woman-died-fell-patrol-car-cruisers-are-always-supposed-locked-rcna39478

Calloway says he stopped at a stop sign. Police say that he didn’t.
So multiple officers followed him, called for back-up, forced their way into his father’s home
and best him, stepping on his head and neck. (Allegedly, since the film from multiple cameras hasn’t been released.)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brandon-calloway-tennessee-police-brutality_n_62d9c5dce4b03dbb9916de1a

Sleep. Without getting murdered by police.
Amir Locke RIP


https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/04/us/minneapolis-police-shooting-no-knock-warrant-amir-locke/index.html

Anonymous wrote:Go to college in peace.


https://people.com/human-interest/hbcus-targeted-by-bomb-threats-on-first-day-of-black-history-month/

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/02/hbcu-bomb-threats-howard-university/621485/

Go to college in peace.


https://people.com/human-interest/hbcus-targeted-by-bomb-threats-on-first-day-of-black-history-month/

Deposit your first paycheck as a doctor.

https://www.businessinsider.com/houston-doctor-sues-chase-bank-over-racial-discrimination-claim-2022-2

Deliver packages for FedEx

Have a medical emergency in a store — without being inexplicably beaten by an employee of the store.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/employee-beat-black-man-having-003700310.html

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:read this thread without rolling your eyes.

Ok. I did.

+1 I'm Asian and I think the state of bigotry against black Americans in this country is deplorable. Sorry you don't see the bias in American society. That just makes you ignorant.

+1 I’m white and it is beyond belief. The stats speak for themselves in terms of different life expectancies, different maternal and baby health outcomes, rates of imprisonment and rates of getting death penalty.

Just recently perfectly normal black parents of a 7 week old baby girl were kicked off an American Airlines flight for nothing other than needing a bit more time to rise from their seats to to let another passenger take the window seat. The air hostess was shocking and even knocked a cell phone out of the hands of the father who rightfully defended his family. I’m not flying American Airlines until they offer a public and genuine apology to this black family.
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Cash a paycheck — even when you have an account at the bank.

The branch manager told the police that the check was fraudulent, and that this had been confirmed with the employer — although the manager didn’t bother to even make the call until after involving the police. The employer verified the legitimacy of the check.

https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/12/13/dont-say-anything-stupid-because-youre-just-going-to-get-arrested-black-man-handcuffed-after-bank-falsely-claims-his-paycheck-was-fake/


Withdraw money from your own account— when the account has ample funds.

https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/03/18/i-just-dont-feel-comfortable-giving-it-to-you-td-bank-teller-refuses-to-give-connecticut-black-woman-money-from-her-own-account/

Be a little kid, at a football game, with your big sister, without getting randomly shot and even killed by a cop.

The girl who died was 8. Her sister, who was injured, is 13.

https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-county-da-high-probability-that-police-gunfire-killed-8-year-old-girl-at-football-game/

Anonymous wrote:Walk home after being assaulted.

https://www.propublica.org/article/three-children-attacked-a-black-woman-a-sheriffs-deputy-arrived-and-beat-her-more

Given the last two posts, Jefferson Parish sounds like a good place to avoid. I’m startled — although I’m probably shouldn’t be— by how little attention these heinous incidents are getting. It’s almost as though the relative lack of media attention is confirming that this is business as usual. I’m heartened by the investigation, though.