A Day In My Shoes

About two years ago, my mother and I went for a day of shopping at Pebbles. It seemed like a regular day, but I was fooled. I did my usual thing. I left my mom and went shopping on my own. As I walked around the store, I felt eyes watching me. I didn’t pay attention to it though. I found a couple of pairs of jeans and a shirt that I liked. I …

…If you see a black (African-American) person walking around with a two hundred dollar watch, people automatically think it’s stolen. In my lifetime I have learned that all races steal, kill and rape. Nobody is excluded from this. Somehow the fingers always seem to get pointed at the minorities when something “bad” happens. I think the world hasn’t progressed any. Americans are just as closed-minded now as they were a thousand years ago.