Tag Archives: driving while black
Seattle Police Department: Don’t Terminate Court Oversight
Re: “SPD illegally searched trunk after driver says he was stopped due to race, judge rules” [Aug. 7, Local News]: The report on yet another instance of Seattle police officers pulling guns on a Black driver for a minor traffic … Continue reading
In Front of My Eyes
I can’t tell you what woke me up, but I woke up in the middle of the night—it was like midnight, one in the morning—and I got on Facebook, and I saw this video and this warning of how graphic … Continue reading
Structural Racism: A Long Way to Go
I love the op-ed section of the paper. I believe we all need to write at least one letter on something we’re passionate about in our lifetime. In saying that, I applaud this reader Re: “#TeachTruth: Don’t censor honest accounts … Continue reading
The Privileges of Driving
In a small discussion group for a course I was taking on racism, I described a time when a cop and I bantered back and forth after I’d been pulled over. A young Black man said, “I could not ever … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 