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although I disagree. I can't knock you for seeing it like that.
The reasons for my disagreement are as follows... First, gotta be clear that this all starts b/c she's breaking the rules and thinks they don't apply to her for whatever reason.
He's familiar with this situation, having encountered it many times, and that's why he handles it the way he does. Meaning, that's why he has the treats and doesn't simply call and wait on the cops (the CNN story says they were both gone from the scene when the cops showed up). If they didn't even show up quickly enough for a white woman's distressed call about a black man supposedly attacking her, they definitely wouldn't show up quick enough for his call about a dog destroying nests and frightening birds off.
But about the main point concerning what he said (doing something she won't like). He immediately revealed that to be dog treats (the horror!) lol. Now for a split second IF he didn't already have the treat in his hand (lol, this sounds so silly to type), that may have sounded terrifying to her, but after he pulls out a dog treat, all fear is gone. By the time he starts recording, she already knows he's not threat at all and is acting out of pure racist entitlement. BUT, let's agree that he could've worded it differently. He could've just said "If you're gonna let your dog run around, I'm gonna give him treats." Ok, cool. No mystery about his actions, but it doesn't highlight the fact that she's acting privileged and entitled like "If you're gonna do what you want" does. I also hesitate to think "oh he means rape" by saying he's also gonna do what he wants, because given historical classifications of black men, people will say that because he's a black man, not just because he's a man. At the end of slavery, we were said to go from child to rapist by so-called scientists of the day. Those attitudes persist. I refuse to feed them. He was talking about treats. Amy knew it, we know it. Everybody knows it. She wasn't afraid.
Of course I think men should be mindful of how we approach women. I'm a black man, so I'm hyper conscious of this. I just think he handled it in pretty much the most thoughtful and practical way possible considering the circumstances. Analyzing this on grounds of what scary thing he could've meant by what he said also only gives her an unfair out that the racist majority will run with.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Days like this I miss Sha Mecca
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