A wealthy, privileged, Brown alum–who is Black–notes the abiding truth of race in America. No matter how rich you are, no matter where you live, no matter what you do, if you’re Black, you’ll be treated Black.
But I’ll pose his question to the rest of y’all. Any White TMV commenters who come from economically privileged backgrounds, who attended elite universities, who have no criminal records and have committed no crimes, who have a respectable job, who are, in short, among the nation’s top-tier: how many times have you had a gun pointed at you by an American police officer (federal, state, or local?) with threatening intent? My tally is zero.