So I have been having terrible cramps yesterday and today and I really didn’t want to shuffle Cori to and from class today (it’s hot and I had to park really far away because they are tearing up our street for two weeks) and then in light of the UC officer’s indictment, they closed the main campus and the medical campus. So yay ? Cori doesn’t have his classes today which means I get to stay home and be angry at being a woman.
I am glad though that Tensing was indicted. So glad. I am sick of seeing cops let off the hook for shooting first and asking questions later. I am white and have accepted that I can never feel the same way about anything that a black male or female does. In fact, I would still be largely ignorant of the huge discrepancy if it wasn’t for Cori. I’m not saying I am on a higher level just because I’m dating a black man… But what I am saying is that he has opened my eyes to the realization that I can’t feel the same way he does and I don’t view the world the same way he does.
I have rarely if ever experienced prejudice in a way that Cori has. No one is scared of me when they meet me–people have been scared of Cori. I believe Cori has once been fired because he is black. He has a first name that is unusual and a middle name that could make someone pass him over on a resume.
But the fact is, due to a group therapy session that I went to with Cori, I asked him if he was ever worried about getting shot by a police officer for something ridiculous. And he emphatically said “Yes !”
I don’t know a single white person who would say the same thing. And honestly… I can’t even defend the feelings myself because I can’t put myself in his shoes. And it’s sad… Because there are still people who claim racism doesn’t exist.
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