By the time you “watch to see if they sweep” the person my just walk away with the broom genius.

Yeah I’m really digging by saying its not a bright idea to suggest that women between the ages 18-24 approach strangers and introduce themselves, and my put their safety at risk. How will I ever dig myself out of this one!

I’m sorry guys, but I am on Team Drake. Never been a fan of Meek.

Why is that malicious. I love children and would hate to know that someone is telling them to introduce themselves to strangers. It puts them in danger but you are so eager to make a point you cant see this simple fact.

If you raised your son successfully then hats off to you, I never said you were a bad parent. My point was, if we make living in the projects or crime-heavy areas seem easy, where all you have to do is be nice to people and a friendly community forms around you, people will dismiss how hard it really is. There are…

Um guys, Hi. I’m not going to go on and one how I’m not one of those “white girls”, but let me just say I had somewhat unique upbringing which really gave me a lot of insights into blackness. Growing up, my nanny was black and we treated her like one of the family ( until an unfortunate incident where she stole from…

Michael, white girl here. Just want to reach out and say I love your writing (when you use the word precipitously correctly) and say you may walk down my street any time with your dog. My condo is in a wealthy area, so I cant speak for all my white neighbors, but most of us are pretty friendly. If you would get to…

You seem very angry, but I don’t think trashing a store and beating someone up is going to help the situation. White people always expect POC of color to act like this, and playing to a stereotype does nothing for anyone.

As a white girl, I am sorry for the continuous harassment the black community receives from law enforcement. Thank God we had the body cam footage to show how typical this oppression is.

The cop was racist, and he got called out for it. Not sure what the issue is.

I thought the cop was behaving in a somewhat racist manner. Its the typical white maneuver of riling a POC up and then when he responds, you release the tape. Poor kid.

I dont know...I don’t have enough info to judge you or say you are lying but just know there are places where people are NOT friendly. You make eye contact, start a conversation, you will be asked if they can see your phone and you are not getting it back. Being in the hood is not always easy or a place where friendly…

Where did I say call the cops. I said be cautious of strangers in a dorm and don’t approach them and introduce yourself. Still not seeing how you can possibly disagree with this advice. Women should be cautious of strangers, most strangers will not hurt them, but a small percentage will and we should be mindful of…

I didnt suggest “flip out”, I suggested to use caution when you see someone who is a stranger walking through the dorm or sitting in a common area. And I certainly don’t recommend introducing yourself to them.

“introduce yourself and ask if they need help. There is nothing at all dumb about doing that”. Quote from your comment. It wasn’t your original idea but the whole argument started because I think this is extremely dumb advice to give young women. Did I misinterpret you, you seem to think introducing yourself is NOT…

You’re commenting to me. What are you talking about “mind my own business”. If you think women being cautious around strangers in their dorm is “paranoid” then I guess you just grown up in a completely sheltered environment. Good for you, but don’t give women, especially young women, the advice to trust strangers and…

“Extreme”, suggesting that college age women should be cautious around a stranger in their dorm. Yeah thats a real extreme view, I guess I am on the margins of society with that extreme view.

No but its also insane to expect women to introduce themselves to strangers in a dorm and assume NO ONE is ever there doing something nefarious. Do you wear a seatbelt in a vehicle, how often do you get into a car crash?

No truly the mark of a winner is reading about women being attacked in a dorm room bathroom and concluding “Welp, if women see strange guys in the bathroom specifically, they should be cautious, otherwise, they should introduce themselves”. You are so stupid its actually entertaining, but now I’m suspecting you are…

Now you just seem sad...it’s only the internet and I can tell I am much more intelligent than you are from your feeble attempts at writing - you lost, but you tried your best slugger.