Young, Black and Frisked by the N.Y.P.D. – NYTimes.com:
For young people in my neighborhood, getting stopped and frisked is a rite of passage. We expect the police to jump us at any moment. We know the rules: don’t run and don’t try to explain, because speaking up for yourself might get you arrested or worse. And we all feel the same way — degraded, harassed, violated and criminalized because we’re black or Latino. Have I been stopped more than the average young black person? I don’t know, but I look like a zillion other people on the street. And we’re all just trying to live our lives.
(Via Ta-Nehisi Coates :: The Atlantic)
Just about all of my black male friends know what this kind of racial attack is from personal experience. I am no exception.