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When racial profiling leaves you questioning your own perceptions

I got pulled over tonight and the cop asked if the car was really mine, and I cannot stop thinking about whether it was because I look ambiguous or because I was driving through that neighborhood.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

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The trauma of systemic racism creates a haunting uncertainty about which experiences are personal and which are political.

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