I used to look at people that shake
I would tell myself I will never be like that
I didn’t know the trauma in store for me
at that time I thought I was more powerful
than trauma
I thought the police were genuinely going to protect my innocence
I did not know that they were watching
waiting for vulnerability
I thought I could be like my best friend
whose was white and his uncle was a police officer
I thought I had privilege too
well that was violently untrue
language is too violent
language needs to become vulnerable again
then we can listen
communicate gently
in order to understand race politics
one must be a domestic violence specialist