Back in my liberal days — we all have a past, you know — I did go into SE once, to check out the Earth Day fair in 1991. My White arse was exhibiting some serious situational awareness as I walked down PA Avenue from the Metro stop and across the Anacostia river to the fair. I was wondering if some Black dude in one of the nearby homes would simply shoot me through an open window.
This uncouth Chinese diplomat is undoubtedly correct.
Actually, I was there a second time when I drove a couple of Black folks home after a temporary job in P.G. that we all worked on. I dropped the one guy off at the foot of a Suitland Parkway off-ramp. The other person, a lady, I dropped off at her home. Again, I was wary about being a crime victim, but she told me not to worry, amazingly enough.