“Whereas to be young and black is to live in a where folklore, statistics and conjecture deem you dangerous until proven otherwise. To be young and white is to live in a world where the same deem you safe until proven otherwise. This is why mental illness is always the first public diagnoses when white boys go wild, for it is the only thing that makes sense, it is the only thing that allows us to continue seeing them, differently than many of them may see themselves.”
- Chad Goller-Sojourner, RIDING IN CARS WITH BLACK PEOPLE & OTHER NEWLY DANGEROUS ACTS: A MEMOIR IN VANISHING WHITENESS (via sonofbaldwin)
- Chad Goller-Sojourner, RIDING IN CARS WITH BLACK PEOPLE & OTHER NEWLY DANGEROUS ACTS: A MEMOIR IN VANISHING WHITENESS (via sonofbaldwin)