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I've never met you in person but I'm sure you're spectacular.🤗 Around here, you're more than just a spectator seated in the peanut gallery. I look forward to reading your perspective even though you've given up on certain factions within the Black race.😁 It's no secret that predominately red states have laws that disproportionately affect Black folks Recently, in Alabama, a Black man got a $200 speeding ticket for traveling 28 mph in a 25 mph zone. Ridiculous right there. But, the Black man could face 30 days in jail if he refuses to write a letter to the court apologizing to the police officer for using profanity. The officer blocked the vehicle after writing the ticket. Black man told the officer to get out of the d8mn way so that he could drop his kids off at school. Not surprised these situations are happening especially in the south. 😎

Right. There's no shortage of evidence that driving while Black is a very real thing. We should already know how to play the compliance game in the moment. Live to see another day. Fight the ticket in court. Protest abuse of laws and authority. Put attorney Ben Crump to work filing lawsuits against jurisdictions that abuse laws and authority.😁😎

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Hey everybody, Thanks to Troy for allowing me to join you. I'm Veronica G. Henry and I'm an author. I've written 4 books so far, all listed in my bio. My latest release (March) is The Canopy Keepers. It's a genre-bender with something for everyone. Literary fiction fans, climate fiction, a little science and fantasy mixed in. It's the first of a duology (A Breathless Sky is scheduled for a Dec release - pray for me :-)). I would be honored if you would give it a read. Sequoia National Park, a black fire station chief, and an environment (and their champion) ready to fight back.

I’ve been stopped countless times for speeding over the years but much less in recent years. My Florida state drivers license actually says “safe driver,” but there was a time I was in a high-risk pool and my insurance was higher that my car. The last speeding ticket I got I was doing 74 and a 55. The ticket was $700, it was in some shitty town in the middle of nowhere in South Carolina. the officer said he could throw me in jail and actually would not let me drive the car away. Fortunately, my ex-wife was with me and she drove the car. this past weekend in Palm Coast, Florida I was stopped for doing 52 and a 35. I didn’t realize I was speeding. I was in the flow of traffic. The officer asked me when the last time I was stopped for speeding. I said I didn’t know, she asked was it last month last year? I said no it’s been years. I was carrying out of date registration documents, but the car is registered and everything else was fine. The office came back told me the expired registration was $160 and the speeding ticket was 250 but she said she would give me a warning this time and sent me on my way. Like I said, I’ve been pulled over a lot sometimes I’m completely innocent and I’ve been treated badly and the other times I was completely wrong and was treated with respect and kindness. I relate countless stories. From my perspective driving while Black is really a thing. But what I can say is that does not seem to be a correlation between the north and the south offices are individuals and behave as such. My only advice would be to comply. Don’t curse. at an officer of the law maintain your composure. telling a trooper “get out my damn way” is not gonna work. It is just stupid to do that. as far as the question at hand, I think the future for Black people is relatively good again this is relative to prior years. However, I think the country as a whole poor and middle-class people in general will be worse off. We are in the midst of a new Gilded Age. The only difference is that the poorest of the poor today are far better off than they were 100 years ago.

@StefanYou'd be surprised by how many people here don't keep up with pop culture or watch mainstream news. They think it's a waste of time. Did YOU know Beyonce nrecently released a country western album? Next time I'll start my own post for folks who are up for a little comic relief from the grimness of what is available through links supplied.

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon. Introduction by Cornel West.