america’s original sin
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On driving.
If you know you’re safe from the police, why not zip along? Get where you’re going faster! But these small choices feed injustice.
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On inadvertent racism.
Just because you didn’t realize your actions were unkind doesn’t excuse you from blame. I’m still teaching my 2 year old this, but the Supreme Court should know better.
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