We Do Not Generalize All Whites Or All Blacks

My best friend is one color, I am another. We are soul sisters, cousins, we love each other. We are treated differently by people who do not know us at all. But judge us on skin color, which is so ignorant, it’s small. She tells me she has to warn young men to be careful and clean. They will be stopped for stuff others might have never even seen. She tells me that her students are afraid of the police. They have seen what some will do, and it is not keep the peace. Told her about a disappointment I had once, when I really wanted a job. Boss chose man with specific skin color, to prove she was not a snob. I had done this job as a volunteer for about twenty-eight hours a week. They hired the other person, who kept my job for barely a week. My best friend and I have some lessons and stories to tell. We know each other beautifully, soul cousins, we know each other well. We do not generalize “all whites or all blacks” Because we are best friends, and have each other’s backs.