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comment by oyster
oyster  ·  2821 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Falcon Heights shooting: Woman livestreams aftermath - CNN.com

There are some things that really make you stop and realize how different your life experience is from others. A friend of mine worked for a year in the states and driving around with a black guy who owned a nice car blew her mind. He just kept getting pulled over seemingly for no reason, like how this particular article talks about how they were pulled over for a busted tail light that wasn't busted and it just didn't click in my friends head why this was happening. Eventually when it happened again she was shocked and ask why it kept happening even though she really already knew the answer. Actually experiencing it with him though and having him point out the obvious actually cemented what was perviously just stories as real life. That's why I think what she was able to do in that moment was so great, it's as close to actually being there to experience it with somebody as many people will get.