A while back I was the victim of a hate crime â I was assaulted and hospita…
A while back I was the victim of a hate crime â I was assaulted and hospitalized for being other.
They took nothing except my illusions. And Iâm left asking what kind of other was it that made me a target:
White in a black neighborhood?
A perception of Gentry in a neighborhood undergoing gentrification?
Being queer?
Iâm not sure what exactly cause it. âWhite faggotâ isnât quite enough to go on.
What the media does with marginalized communities and race relations is appalling. The questions it asks and posits are cheap (Iâm looking at you, Roxanne Gay).
I implore everyone reading this to leave your gated communities and engage. Ask better questions. Thank you for checking up on me. And remember: I love you. Iâm sorry you hurt.
Also: follow the patterns. The Smullet thing is too close to the Lincoln Memorial thing. Somethings fishy.
They took nothing except my illusions. And Iâm left asking what kind of other was it that made me a target:
White in a black neighborhood?
A perception of Gentry in a neighborhood undergoing gentrification?
Being queer?
Iâm not sure what exactly cause it. âWhite faggotâ isnât quite enough to go on.
What the media does with marginalized communities and race relations is appalling. The questions it asks and posits are cheap (Iâm looking at you, Roxanne Gay).
I implore everyone reading this to leave your gated communities and engage. Ask better questions. Thank you for checking up on me. And remember: I love you. Iâm sorry you hurt.
Also: follow the patterns. The Smullet thing is too close to the Lincoln Memorial thing. Somethings fishy.
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