This was so well written, I’m in awe. It’s also something I would never read anywhere else, and I’m so glad that I did.

It’s more about the preoccupation w the CVS in the face of a much larger problem of institutionalized racism, race relations between the BPD and the communities they are supposed to serve, and a building being considered more important than a human life.

We care about our dogs more than we do black people. We care about bags of chips being thrown on the ground more than we do black people. We sacrifice human beings at the altar of property first for the audacity of not wanting to be property and then for wanting to be treated as human.

The beginning of that last paragraph though..

Honestly, that’s what makes the Charleston Massacre so tragic. These people openly welcomed everybody to come to the bible study, with open arms and hospitality, with kindness and care, and he still murdered them in cold blood.

Fucking goddamn right, Jia.

It’s something that’s bothered me for a while.

These are some of my favorite

I’m basing my support for them on the fact that he says they could have called him. Therein lies the hallmark of every narcissist father. If you’re the parent, you’re the one who picks up the phone, you’re the one who visits, you’re the one who is there.