I'd like to thank the Dallas shooters...(not really)

[redstatebluegirl]

27. I got an email this morning from one of my former students who is working in the chicago area.

She said she didn't know what to do. Three middle aged white guys in her office were standing around her cubicle making all kinds of racist comments, saying they should "round them all up and send them back to Africa", then pointing to her and saying "she is one of them". She is terrified. she has been followed home by the police at least twice in the last month, they stop her as she gets close to her home and ask her what she is doing there. She LIVES there! Yes it is a white neighborhood, but she is a professional and LIVES there!

I suggested she talk to HR, but I reminded her, as her Mother did, that the outcome could be worse than she wants to deal with. I want to go up there and kick some ass right now. This is a young wife and mother, she graduated from a top school, she is a fabulous human being I would be proud to have as my daughter.

When people want to know WHY Black people are terrified of the police, why they distrust most white people, they need to sit down and talk to my Shandra. I just want to go give her a hug and tell it will be ok, even though I know it will get a lot worse before it gets better. She has 3 little boys, she is terrified for their safety. She worries about her husband driving to and from his job as a student services administrator at a college.

Last night she called me and said "please let this not be a Black guy or this is going to be a mess"! This is a strong woman who feels helpless, I heard it in her voice last night and could sense it in her emails today.

I cannot begin to imagine what it is like for her, but my heart hurts for her and all Black people today and every day.

Not all white people are the enemy but i understand why we are seen that way. With Rush Limbaugh, Hannity and Trump how could we not be seen that way.