The benefits of being white.

    My nephew was playing with toy police cars today.  To white children,  police are our friends.  White people feel safe around cops.Once when I was on a date with a black woman I asked a policeman for a favor.  He was just standing there at the entrance to a store.  I asked and the cop helped me.  I never thought about it until my black girlfriend asked if I made a habit out of asking cops for help. 

   I sometimes go to a store in scruffy worn out clothes.  A black comedian said in a monolog that he always has to wear a tie and sports jacket.  If he doesn't then store security and police will follow him all over the store.

  People with dark skin get pulled over far more than white motorists.  You know that is true. One of my coworkers says she often gets strip searched when she travels back and forth to Jamaica.

     This year I read a study about pedestrians.  Motorists are three times less likely to stop and let a dark skinned person cross a road.  have I done this?   I hope not.

     Some of my older patients request a white nurse or a white doctor.  I work in several different urban hospitals in Washington, DC.

     Racism isn't just police brutality.  It is a lot of insults big and small.  If we want to make
America great again than we have to use the GOP mandate to combat racism.  I don't like a lot of things about Hillary Clinton.  I did like her slogan.  We are stronger together.  Clinton would have won if she hadn't alienated so many people.