I’ve got to tell you, I’ve given these same lectures to my white daughter. People judge you by how you look. Period. If a woman looks like a lady, she’ll be treated like a lady. If she looks like a tramp, she’ll be treated like a tramp.
This goes for the workplace, dating, or even going out.
It’s called ‘common sense’.
And yes, the police profile, but it’s not just black people. It’s poor people. When my (very nice) Toyota Corolla broke down, I had to borrow my daughter’s hand-me-down crap car. I was ‘shadowed’ every day and actually pulled over three times in just two weeks. One time, the cop told me that he just wanted to have a ‘chat’ as he’s scanning the inside of the car.
This never happened to me when I was driving my nice car.
Yes, & I bet a lot of us had similar conversations with our parents. Especially growing up in the 60s. You’re judged by the company you keep & by extension, how you project yourself (in present vernacular).
Some of us were rebellious- in our “misspent youth”, but things have gone too far now. A smart a** kid can be deadly.
That’s funny; I wasa pulled over for driving an ugly car once (it had been in a fire). The cop asked for my paperwork, handed it back, and left. Didn’t even make up a story about something I did wrong, then “let me off the hook”; he was just annoyed that my ugly car was on his street.
I thought it was very funny at the time, and I still think it is.