Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda Response to Shootings
The following is a post by The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda from "We Talk. We Listen."
I have felt a visceral sense of terror, a tightening in my guts, when I imagine how I would feel if my two precious sons were Black and, therefore, in danger of their lives every day and night at the hands of police violence and other manifestations of institutionalized white supremacy.
Wondering whether they would be shot for “walking while Black” down a street in a white neighborhood, stopped for “driving while Black” and then shot while reaching for the car registration. Would some officer plant drugs on them in order to make a needed drug arrest? How would I feel at night if they were ten minutes late and had not yet called?
I imagine teaching my sons all of the things that Black mothers teach their sons day in and day out – keep your hands at 2:00 and 10:00 on the steering wheel when they stop you for driving while Black. Keep your driver’s license out of your pocket and your insurance card and car registration out of the glove compartment so that you don’t need to reach into your pocket or glove compartment when they stop you. Don’t question; comply. Never walk together with more than one other young Black man if you are wearing jeans; they will suspect a Black threesome. The litany goes on and on, as it has for centuries – Black mothers teaching their sons survival skills in a racist society.
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